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THE 

CONSTITUTION 

OF 
TEMPLE 
SUPREME ANCIENT AND MYSTIC ORIENTAL MASONS 

GRAND LODGE 

OF THE 

UNIVERSE 




AND 

Mystic Masonic Jurisdiction thereunto Belonging, Governing the First 

Second and Third Temple. The Emblem and Seals of 

the Order, A. D. 1907. Atlantis 501 11. 

COMPILED BY DR. R. SWINBURNE CLYMER 



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PUBLISHED BY THE MOST SUPREME GRAND LODGE OF 
THE UNIVERSE, ANCIENT MYSTIC ORIENTAL MASONS 
FOR THE USE OF THE FRATERNITY UNDER ITS 
JURISDICTION. 

DR. IRA L. KEPERLING, Grand Secretary, 
GIVEN FROM THE GREAT EAST. 



FOREWORD 

'All True Masonry and Brotherhood Are One" 



"Freemasonry is a moral institution, established 
by virtuous men, with the praiseworthy design of re- 
calling to our remembrance the most Sublime Truths, 
in the midst of innocent and social pleasures, — founded 
on Liberty, Brotherly Love and Charity. 

"It is a beautiful system of Morality, veiled in 
allegory and illustrated by symbols. Truth is its 
center — the point whence its radii diverge, direct its 
disciples to a correct knowledge of the Great Architect 
of the Universe, and the moral laws which he has 
ordered for their government. ' ' — Daniel Sickles. 

"Abstracted from the pure pleasures which arise 
from friendship so wisely constituted as that which 
subsists among Masons, and which it is scarcely 
possible that any circumstance or occurrence can erase. 
Masonry is a science confined to no particular country, 
but extends over the whole terrestrial globe. Wher- 
ever the Arts flourish, there it flourishes also. Add 
to this, that by secret and inviolable signs, carefully 
preserved among the fraternity, it becomes an Uni- 

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versal language. Hence many advantages are gained : 
the distant Chinese, the wild Arab, and the American 
savage, will embrace a brother Briton, and know that, 
besides the common ties of Humanity, there is still 
a stronger obligation to induce him to kind and 
friendly offices. The spirit of the fulminating Priest 
will be tamed, and a moral brother, though of a 
different persuasion, engage his esteem: for mutual 
toleration in religious opinions is one of the most dis- 
tinguishing and valuable characteristics of the Craft. 
All religions teach morality, if a brother be found to 
act the part of a truly honest man, his private specu- 
lative opinions are left to God and himself. Thus, 
through the influence of Masonry, which is reconcilable 
to the best policy, all those disputes which embitter 
life and sour tempers of men, are avoided; while the 
common good, the general object, is zealously pur- 
sued." — Daniel Sickles. 

"Such is the nature of our institution, that, in the 
Lodge, which is confined to no particular spot, union 
is cemented by sincere attachment, and pleasure re- 
ciprocally communicated in the cheerful observance of 
every obligation. Virtue, the grand object in view, 
luminous as the meridian sun, shines refulgent on the 
mind, enlivens the heart, and heightens cool appro- 
bation into warm sympathy and cordial attention. ' ' — 
Preston. 

"Such is the established plan of the Masonic 
System. By the judicious arrangement, true Friend- 
ship is cultivated among different ranks of men, 
Hospitality promoted, Industry rewarded, and In- 
genuity encouraged. ' ' — Preston. 

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11 Every Freemason is required to bring his portion 
of good ideas, and contribute to the perfecting of the 
ceremonies Imd symbols, and to the edification of 
Truth, the Universal and Eternal Temple, which will 
one day inclose all Humanity within its Precincts. ' ' 

"It is necessary that all who would be true Masons 
should learn to abstain from all malice, slander and 
evil speaking; from all provoking, reproachful and 
ungodly language; keeping always a tongue of good 
report. 

"A Mason should know how to obey those who are 
set over him — however inferior they may be in worldly 
rank and condition. For although Masonry divests no 
man of his honours and titles yet, in a Lodge, pre- 
eminence of virtue, and knowledge in the arts, is con- 
sidered as the true source of all nobility, rule and 
government. 

"The virtue indispensably requisite in Masons is — 
Secrecy. This is the guard of their confidence, and 
the security of their trust. So great a stress is to be 
laid upon it, that it is enforced under the strongest 
obligations; nor, in their esteem, is any man to be 
accounted wise, who has not intellectual strength and 
ability sufficient to cover and conceal such honest 
secrets as are committed to him, as well as his own 
more serious and private affairs. ' ' — Robert Macoy. 

' ' Free and Accepted Masons have ever been charged 
to avoid all slander of true and faithful Brethren, and 
all malice or unjust resentment or talking disrespect- 
fully of a Brother's person or performance. Nor must 
they suffer anyone to spread unjust reproaches or 
calumnies against a Brother behind his back, nor to 

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injure him in his fortune, occupation or character; 
but they shall defend such a Brother, and give him 
notice of any danger or injury wherewith he may be 
threatened, to enable him to escape the same, as far as 
is consistent with honor, prudence, and the safety of 
religion, morality, and the state ; but no further. ' ' — 
Robert Macoy. 

"By the exercise of Brotherly Love, we are taught 
to regard the whole human species as one family ; the 
high, the low; the rich, the poor; who, as created by 
one Almighty Parent and inhabitant of the same 
planet, are to aid, support and protect each other. On 
this principle, Masonry unites men of every country, 
sect and opinion, and conciliates true friendship 
among those who might otherwise remain at a per- 
petual distance. Thus, true Masonry and the Uni- 
versal Brotherhood of Man are one. 

UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD. 

1 ' One God, One Law, One Element : 
And One far-off event. 
To which the whole creation moves." 

— Tennyson "In Memor-iam." 

"Let us build altars to the Blessed Unity which 
holds Nature and Souls in perfect solution, and com- 
pels every atom to serve an universal end. ' ' 

— Emerson. 

what is this blessed unity ? 

There is but One. We may call it what we please, 
the Universe or God, or by any other name. It is the 

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same. The Serpent has his tail in his mouth ; the chain 
of causation and relation is nowhere broken, nor can 
it be. 

If the One created the Universe, He must have made 
it from Himself, for there was nothing else to make it 
from, and this Universe and all that it contains, must 
be still Himself, just as the body is the man in his 
outward aspect. Is this theory true? If so, then 
everything is convertible and in the last analysis all 
are one and the same. 

The One must be Life, and everything must be alive. 
The One Life pervades all religions of space and all 
forms. It is everywhere, boundless, infinite, eternal. 
It is the origin of everything visible and invisible. 
Yes, of everything, of all that has been, now is and 
ever shall be. 

The One Life is divided into many "lives' ' which 
lives are parts of itself. In other words, the One Great 
Force or energy of Nature is subdivided into innumer- 
able smaller forces, or centers of force, each being 
separable from The One Life and identical in Essence 
with it. 

The Whole — all Nature — then is One, and this 
grand Truth all things in nature repeat to us in ever- 
varying lessons. Everything in nature seeks Unity, 
equilibrium, the center, and though continually thrown 
out, persistently returns from whence it came, just as 
man goes back to Nirvana. Let us consider the waters. 
Though lifted up in mists and clouds, they drop 
swiftly back through all their shining levels to the sea. 
And, if more slowly, the uplifted mountains are just 
as certainly and stubbornly flowing down into the 

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valleys. When we seek for a clear partition and 
definition between mineral and vegetable, vegetable 
and animal, animal and man, man and God, we fail to 
find it. Any of these viewed centrally is different 
enough, but when we seek for boundary lines they 
forever elude, and that because they do not exist. 
They are but convenient fictions, lines on our maps 
which the fields and forests they cross know not of. 
Does not evolution reveal a perpetual touch and blend- 
ing all along the lines of life? Do not the methods, 
the ' c laws ' ' of nature apply universally ? Is not each 
thing a type and figure of every other thing? Is not 
man a microcosm of the macrocosm? Study compara- 
tive anatomy, and see how every nerve and muscle and 
bone hints of the human. Run sex down, if you can, 
and find some element or aggregation which knows 
nothing of the power of the dual principle. 

Motion and rest are all of Life, and all our motions 
are in pursuit of rest. 

We all stand on the earth, and are united by our 
touch of it, and by the air which ever pursues, by the 
cheer which never leaves us, by electric and magnetic 
currents, interpenetrating, by strange, invisible 
nervous sympathies which clairvoyance, telepathy, and 
similar marvels, occasionally reveal to us. We are 
united by our common needs, weaknesses, passions, by 
our common origin and destiny. 

Look how reproduction unites us. The actual sub- 
stance and life of the parent goes into the child, and 
there is no break in the life. The life in the seed is the 
life, and the finest life, of the parent, and develops 
without cut-off into the offspring, an extension of the 

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parent. Humanity is like an undying tree, and dying 
individual forms are like the dropping leaves. 

And humanity is only a limb of the Great Tree, or 
Body of Life equally inseparate. 

Bear ye one another's hardens and so fulfill the Law 
of Christ— ST. PAUL. 

The study of the One Life and its constituent parts 
or lives, makes it clear that Universal Brotherhood is 
both a law and a fact in nature; for everything in 
nature, in this physical world, exists by reason of the 
mutual helpfulness that all parts render to one an- 
other. 

In the lower kingdoms, this co-operation is com- 
pulsory, for the moulding force from a higher king- 
dom impels the "lives" to render assistance. It is 
this co-operation which holds together the forms for a 
period, and then relaxes, allowing the "lives" to break 
up their prisons and seek progress in new directions. 
It governs also human beings, but with this difference : 
that the individual is not compelled but must volun- 
tarily determine to work in accord with this natural 
law. 

Brotherhood is both a law and a fact in nature, 
taught by every object, and cannot be ignored without 
dire consequences. All "Lives" belong to one great 
brotherhood, as sparks of the One Life or as drops of 
the mighty ocean of life. Their co-operation is ex- 
emplified throughout nature's workshops, whether we 
examine a mineral, plant or animal. This spirit of 
helpfulness has personified in the God who is ever 
loving his children, the beneficent providence assisting 
all things to reach a higher state. 

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Instead of Brotherhood, the practice of selfishness 
mainly rules, and we need not wonder, therefore, that 
the penalty of suffering is so widely experienced in all 
quarters of the globe. Famines, earthquakes, wars and 
rumors of wars, murders, suicides, shipwrecks, and 
general unrest and anxiety are but some of the 
methods employed by nature to bring about a read- 
justment of the breaches of the law of brotherhood. 

Only by working for the good of all and not for our- 
selves alone, can we secure the best results even for 
ourselves ; for only thus do we work in harmony with 
the One Life of which we are a part. 

The crying need of the world is that all should 
recognize that they are indissolubly linked together, 
and that none can help or injure another without do- 
ing as much for himself. There should be a de- 
termined movement to act in accordance with Brother- 
hood, and weld it into our institutions, social, national, 
and political ; not merely as a theory, but applying it 
as a practical remedy for suffering.* 



*From "The Book of Constitutions of The Grand 
Lodge of the Universe, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons." 

Copyrighted 1906. All rights reserved. 

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FIRST TEMPLE 



Rules and Regulations Governing the First Temple of 
Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry, Consisting of 



ANCIENT 


MODERN 


Apprentice 


(Entered Apprentice) 


Companion 


(Fellow Craft) 


Master 


(Master Mason) 




JEWELS 




FACE. 



REVERSE. 



Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry is : 
RELIGIOUS. PEACE MILITANT. 



A First Temple or Lodge shall ONLY be held in order to Prepare 
the Candidate for the Higher Degrees and in its Clothing Shall be governed 
by the Secret Rules. 

The White Apron with the five pointed star in center. 

All men initiated into the Apprentice, Companion and Master Degrees 
shall be known as Mystic Masons. 



The Ancient Landmarks of Free Masonry 



The landmarks are such of the distinctive points in 
the esoteric mysteries of Freemasonry as are clearly 
defined in its ritual, among which are the signs, tokens, 
words and the legend of the third degree. 

That every candidate for admission to the privileges 
of Freemasonry must before initiation declare his 
belief in one ever living and true God, the Creator and 
Euler of the Universe, and in the immortality of the 
soul. 

That every candidate for the honors of Freemasonry 
must be a man, free born, of mature and discreet age, 
no eunuch, no woman, no immoral or scandalous man, 
but of good report, having no maim or defect in his 
body or mind that may render him incapable of learn- 
ing and practicing the art. 

That every Mason is bound by his covenants to have 
respect for and obedience to the civil law of the 
country, and the Masonic regulations in the juris- 
diction in which he may reside. 

That no candidate or brother can be questioned as to 
his peculiar mode of religious faith or political 
opinion, nor can any discussion upon such subjects be 
permitted in any assembly of the craft. 

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That the right of a Lodge to judge for itself who 
shall be admitted to initiation or affiliation therein is 
inherent and indefeasible, not subject to dispensation 
or legislation of any kind or from any source what- 
ever. 

That the ballot for candidates is always strictly 
secret and inviolable. 

That the Master of a Lodge having decided any 
question, there is no appeal from his decision to the 
Lodge. 

That the Lodge cannot try its Master. 

That it is the prerogative of the Grand Master to 
preside over every assembly of the craft in his juris- 
diction, whether grand or subordinate, and to exercise 
the executive functions of the Grand Lodge during its 
recess. 

THE OLD CHARGES OF A FREEMASON. 

Charge I. 

Concerning God and Religion. 

A Mason is obliged by his Tenure, to obey the moral 
Law; and if he rightly understands the Art he will 
never be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious Libertine. 
But though in ancient Times Masons were charged in 
every Country to be of the Religion of that Country or 
Nation, whatever it was, yet 'tis now thought more 
expedient only to oblige them to that Religion in which 
all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to 
themselves ; that is, to be good Men and true, or men of 
Honour and Honesty, by whatever Denominations or 
Persuasions they may be distinguished; whereby 

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Masonry becomes the centre of Union, and the means 
of conciliating true Friendship among Persons that 
must have remained at a perpetual distance. 

Charge II. 

Of the civil Magistrate Supreme and subordinate. 

A Mason is a peaceable Subject to the Civil Powers, 
wherever he resides or works, and is never to be con- 
cerned in Plots and Conspiracies against the Peace and 
Welfare of the Nation, nor to behave himself unduti- 
fully to inferior Magistrates; for as Masonry hath 
been always injured by War, Bloodshed, and Con- 
fusion, so ancient Kings and Princes have been much 
disposed to encourage the Craftsmen, because of their 
Peaceableness and Loyalty, whereby they practically 
answered the cavils of their Adversaries, and pro- 
moted the Honour of the Fraternity, w T hoever 
flourished in Times of Peace. So that if a Brother 
should be a Rebel against the state, he is not to be 
countenanced in his Rebellion, however he may be 
pitied as an unhappy man; and if convicted of no 
other crime, though the loyal Brotherhood must and 
ought to disown his Rebellion and give no Umbrage or 
Ground for political Jealousy to the Government for 
the time being ; they cannot expel him from the Lodge, 
and his Relation to it remains indefeasible. 

Charge III. 

Of Lodges. 

A Lodge is a Place where Masons assemble and 
work. Hence that Assembly, or duly organized So- 
ciety of Masons, is called a Lodge, and every Brother 

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ought to belong to one, and to be subject to its By-Laws 
and the General Regulations. It is either particular 
or general, and will be best understood by attending 
it, and by the Regulations of the General or Grand 
Lodge hereunto annexed. In ancient Times no Master 
or Fellow could be absent from it, especially when 
warned to appear at it, without incurring a severe 
censure, until it appeared to the Master and Wardens 
that pure Necessity hindered him. 

The Persons admitted members of a Lodge must be 
good and true Men, free born, and of mature and dis- 
creet Age, no Bondmen, no Women, no immoral or 
scandalous Men, but of good Report. 

Charge IV. 

Of Masters, WARDENS, Fellows, and Apprentices. 

All preferment among Masons is grounded upon 
real Worth and personal Merit only ; that so the Lords 
may be well served, the Brethren not put to Shame, 
nor the Eoyal Craft despised : Therefore, no Master or 
Warden is chosen by seniority, but for his Merit. It is 
impossible to describe these things in writing, and 
every Brother must attend in his Place, and learn them 
in a way peculiar to this Fraternity*. Only Candi- 
dates may know, that no Master should take an Ap- 
prentice, unless he has sufficient Imployment for him, 
and unless he be a perfect Youth, having no Maim or 
Defect in his Body, that may render him incapable of 
learning the Art, of serving his Master's LOUD, and 
of being made a Brother, and then a Fellow Craft' in. 
due time, even after he has served such a Term of 
years as the Custom of the Country directs ; and that 

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he should be descended of honest Parents; that so, 
when otherwise qualified, he may arrive to the Honour 
of being the Warden, and then the Master of the 
Lodge. 

Charge V. 

Of the Management of the Craft in working-. 

All Masons shall work honestly on working Days, 
that they may live creditably on holy Days; and the 
time appointed by the Law of the land, or confirmed 
by Custom, shall be observed. 

The most expert of the Fellow Craftsmen shall be 
chosen or appointed the Master or Overseer of the 
Lord's work, who is to be called Master by those that 
work under him. The Craftsmen are to avoid all ill 
Language, and to call each other by no disobliging 
name, but Brother or Fellow; and to behave them- 
selves courteously within and without the Lodge. 

The Master, knowing himself to be able of Cunning, 
shall undertake the Lord's Work as reasonably as 
possible, and truly dispend his Goods as if they were 
his own; nor to give more Wages to any brother or 
Apprentice than he really may deserve. 

Both the MASTER and the Masons receiving their 
Wages justly, shall be faithful to the Lord, and 
honestly finish their Work, whether Task or Journey; 
nor put Work to Task that hath been accustomed to 
Journey. 

None shall discover Envy at the. Prosperity of a 
Brother, nor supplant him, or put him out of his 
Work, if he be capable to finish the same ; for no Man 
can finish another's Work so much to the Lord's 

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Profit unless he be thoroughly acquainted with the 
Designs and Draughts of him that began it. 

When a Fellow Craftsman is chosen Warden of the 
Work under the Master, he shall be true both to Master 
and Fellows, shall carefully oversee the work in the 
Master's Absence to the Lord's Profit; and his 
Brethren shall obey him. 

All Mason's employed, shall meekly receive their 
Wages without Murmuring or Mutiny, and not desert 
the Master till the Work is finished. 

A younger Brother shall be instructed in working, 
to prevent spoiling the Materials for want of Judg- 
ment, and for increasing and continuing of Brotherly 
Love. 

AH the Tools used in Working shall be approved by 
the Grand Lodge. 

No Labourer shall be employed in the proper Work 
of Masonry; nor shall FREEMASONS work with 
those that are not free, without an urgent Necessity; 
nor shall they teach Labourers and unaccepted Masons, 
as they should teach a Brother or Fellow. 

Charge VI. 

Of Behaviour, viz: In the LODGE while 

CONSTITUTED. 

1. You are not to hold private Committees, or 
separate Conversation, without Leave from the 
Master, nor to talk of anything impertinent or un- 
seemly, nor interrupt the Master or Wardens, or any 
Brother spe'aking to the Master: Nor behave yourself 
ludicrously or jestingly while the Lodge is engaged in 

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what is serious and solemn; nor use any unbecoming 
Language upon any pretence whatsoever; but to pay 
due Reverence to your Master, Wardens and Fellows, 
and put them to worship. 

If any Complaint be brought, the Brother found 
guilty shall stand to the award and Determination of 
the Lodge, who are the proper and competent Judges 
of all such controversies (unless you carry it by Ap- 
peal to the Grand Lodge), and to whom they ought to 
be referred, unless a Lord's Work be hindered the 
mean while, in wilich case a particular Reference may 
be made; but you must never go to Law about what 
concerneth Masonry, without an absolute necessity 
apparent to the Lodge. 

BEHAVIOUR after the Lodge is over and the 
BRETHREN not gone. 

2. You may enjoy yourself with innocent Mirth, 
treating one another according to Ability, but avoid- 
ing all Excess, or forcing any Brother to eat or drink 
beyond his Inclination, or hindering him from going 
when his Occasions call him, or doing or saying any- 
thing offensive, or that may forbid an easy and free 
Conversation, for that would blast our Harmony, and 
defeat our laudable Purposes. Therefore no private 
Piques or Quarrels must be brought within the door of 
the Lodge, far less any Quarrels about Religion, or 
Nations, or State Policy, we being only, as Masons, of 
the Catholic Religion above mentioned ; we are also of 

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all Nations, Tongues, Kindreds, and Languages, and 
are resolved against ALL POLITICS, as what never 
yet conduced to the Welfare of the Lodge, nor ever 
will. This Charge has been always strictly enjoined 
and observed; but especially ever since the Reforma- 
tion in Britain, or the Dissent and Secession of these 
Nations from the Communion of Rome. 

BEHAVIOUR when Brethren meet without Strangers, 
but not in a LODGE FORMED. 

3. You are to salute one another in a courteous 
manner as you will be instructed, calling each other 
Brother, freely giving mutual Instruction as shall be 
thought expedient, without being overseen or over- 
heard, and without encroaching upon each other, or 
derogating from that Respect which is due to any 
Brother, were he not a Mason : For though all Masons 
are as Brethren upon the same Level, yet Masonry 
takes no Honour from a Man that he had before ; nay 
rather it adds to his Honour, especially if he has de- 
served well of the Brotherhood, who must give Honour 
to whom it is due, and avoid ill Manners. 

BEHAVIOUR in Presence of Strangers not MASONS. 

4. You shall be cautious in your Words and Car- 
riage, that the most penetrating Stranger shall not be 
able to discover or find out what is not proper to be 
intimated ; and sometimes you shall divert a discourse, 
and manage it prudently for the Honour of the Wor- 
shipful Fraternity. 

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BEHAVIOUR at Home and in your Neighborhood. 

5. You are to act as becomes a moral and Wise Man ; 
particularly, not to let your Family, Friends, and 
Neighbours know the Concerns of the Lodge, &c, but 
wisely to consult your own Honour, and that of the 
ancient Brotherhood, for Reasons not to be mentioned 
here. You must also consult your Health, by not con- 
tinuing together too late, or too long from Home, after 
Lodge hours are past ; and by avoiding of Gluttony or 
Drunkenness, that your Families be not neglected, or 
injured, nor you disabled from Working. 

BEHAVIOUR towards a Strange Brother. 

6. You are cautiously to examine him, in such a 
Method as Prudence shall direct you, that you may not 
be imposed upon by an ignorant false Pretender, whom 
you are to reject with Contempt and Derision, and be- 
ware of giving him any hints of Knowledge. 

But if you discover him to be a true and genuine 
Brother, you are to respect him accordingly ; and if he 
is in want, you must relieve him if you can, or else 
direct him how he may be relieved. You must employ 
him some days, or else recommend him to be employed. 
But you are not charged to do beyond your Ability, 
only to prefer a poor Brother, that is a good Man and 
true, before any other poor People in the same circum- 
stances. 

Finally, All these CHARGES you are to observe, 
and also those that shall be communicated to you in 
another way; cultivating Brotherly Love, the Foun- 
dation and Cap-stone, the Cement and Glory of this 

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Ancient Fraternity, avoiding all Wrangling and Quar- 
reling, all Slander and Backbiting, nor permitting 
others to slander an honest Brother, but defending his 
Character, and doing him all good Offices, as far as is 
consistent with your Honour and Safety, and no 
further. And if any of them do you Injury, you must 
apply to your own or his Lodge; and from thence you 
may appeal to the Grand Lodge at the quarterly Com- 
munication, and from thence to the Annual Grand 
Lodge, as has been the ancient laudable Conduct of our 
Forefathers in every nation ; never taking a legal Course 
patiently listening to the honest and friendly advice of 
Master and Fellows, when they would prevent your 
going to Law with Sti^angers, or would excite you to 
put a speedy Period to all Lawsuits, that so you may 
mind the Affairs of Masonry with the more Alacrity 
and Success; but with respect to Brothers or Fellows 
at Law, the Master and Brethren should kindly offer 
their Meditation, which ought to be thankfully sub- 
mitted to by the contending Brethren ; and if that sub- 
mission is impracticable, they must, however, carry 
on their Process, or Lawsuit, without Wrath or Eancor 
(not in the common way) saying or doing nothing 
which may hinder Brotherly Love, and good Offices to 
be renewed and continued; that all may see the benign 
Influence of Masonry, as all true Masons have done 
from the Beginning of the World, and will do to the 
end of Time. 

AMEN, SO MOTE IT BE. 



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SUBORDINATE LODGES 



The powers and privileges of a Subordinate or War- 
ranted Lodge are such as are defined in its Warrant, 
by the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge granting the 
same, and the Ancient Landmarks and General Regu- 
lations. They are divided into : 

1. Executive: in the direction and performance of 
its work, under the control of its Master, and in all 
other matters in aid of the Master, who has the pri- 
mary executive power of the Lodge. 

2. Legislative : embracing all matters relating to its 
internal concerns, not in derogation of the Ancient 
Landmarks, the Constitutions and General Regula- 
tions of the Grand Lodge, and its own particular By- 
Laws ; and 

3. Judicial: embracing the exercise of discipline, 
and settlement of controversies between and over all 
its members (except the Master), and of all non- 
affiliated Masons within its jurisdiction, subject to an 
appeal to the Grand Lodge. 

The powers of a warranted Lodge are, therefore, 
divided into two classes, INHERENT and CONSTI- 
TUTIONAL : 

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The inherent powers of a Lodge, controlled only by 
the Ancient Landmarks, are : 

1. To decide who shall be admitted members of or 
initiated therein ; that is, of persons properly qualified. 

2. To make Masons (not more than five at one meet- 
ing) of those it has decided to admit. 

3. To place on trial a member against whom charges 
may have been preferred, to pronounce sentence, and 
enforce discipline. 

4. To elect and install its officers. 

5. To fix its time of meeting. 

6. To require its members to contribute to its funds. 

The constitutional powers of a Lodge, subject to 
control by the Grand Lodge, are : 

1. To make a code of By-Laws for its internal 
government, not in derogation of its inalienable rights, 
or of those of its members. 

2. To do all the work pertaining to the three degrees 
of the Ancient Craft Masonry. 

3. To transact all business that can be legally trans- 
acted by a duly constituted Lodge of Freemasons. 

4. To appeal to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge 
from the decision of the presiding officer. 

5. To change its place of meeting. 

6. To control its funds. 

The Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, 
Treasurer and Secretary of a chartered Lodge must be 
chosen annually by ballot, and by a majority of votes, 
at the last Stated Communication of such Lodge in the 
month of December, summoned as required by the 
charter, and be installed on or before the next Stated 

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Communication thereafter by an actual Master or Past 
Master of a Lodge. 

A Lodge may provide in its By-Laws for additional 
officers, to be either elected or appointed. 

If, at the time prescribed, a Lodge shall fail to elect, 
or within the time prescribed shall fail to install, its 
Master and Wardens, or any of them; or if, having 
elected its Master and Wardens at the prescribed time, 
any of them shall fail or refuse to be installed w r ithin 
the prescribed time, the Grand Master may grant a 
Dispensation to such Lodge to elect or install such 
officer or officers as the exigencies of the case may 
require. 

Previous to his installation the Master-elect of the 
Lodge must be put in possession of the secrets of the 
chair. 

Officers re-elected must be installed after each elec- 
tion. 

A member of a Lodge may be installed by proxy, at 
the discretion of the installing officer, in any office of 
which he has signified his acceptance, except that of 
Master. 

Membership in a Lodge is necessary to constitute 
eligibility to office therein, except in case of a Tiler, 
who must be a member of some Lodge, but need not be 
a member of the Lodge for which he tiles. 

Every member of a Lodge in good standing is entitled 
to one vote ; provided, however, that a Lodge may en- 
act and enforce a By-Law which will disfranchise a 
member, at an election of officers, for non-payment of 
dues. Every voter is eligible to any office in the Lodge 
except that of Master. 

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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

A Lodge has full power and authority to enact By- 
Laws for its own government, in conformity to the 
Constitution of this Grand Lodge and the principles 
Constitution of this Grand Lodge, and any By-I^aws 
inconsistant therewith is absolutely void. 

Every member must sign the "Book of By-Laws" of 
his Lodge with his full name at time of receiving the 
third degree, and every affiliating member must like- 
wise sign the By-Laws, to consummate his membership. 

A Lodge may, at a Stated Communication, when 
previously summoned for the purpose, tax or assess its 
members for strictly Masonic purposes, but for no 
other. A failure to pay such an assessment is a failure 
to perform a Masonic duty, punishable upon convic- 
tion thereof. 

No visitor shall be admitted into any Lodge without 
due inquiry and satisfaction as to his good Masonic 
standing ; nor shall he be admitted if his admission will 
disturb the harmony of the Lodge, or embarrass its 
work. 

Any visitor from another jurisdiction, unless per- 
sonally known, applying for examination for admission 
to a Lodge in this jurisdiction shall be required to 
present a certificate of his membership in the Lodge 
from which he hails. Such certificate shall be au- 
thenticated as follows : 

1. By the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in 
which such Lodge is located, as to the regular stand- 
ing of the Lodge. 

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2. By the Secretary of the Lodge as to the Masonic 
standing of the brother, and 

3. By the signature of the brother in whose name 
the certificate is issued, for personal identification. 

An honorary member of a Lodge has not the right 
to visit said Lodge when a member of it objects thereto. 

Lodges shall take precedence to the order in which 
they stand upon the Roll of the Grand Lodge. 

A Lodge shall not remove its place of meeting from 
the town, village, or city named in its charter, nor 
from one place to another in such town, village, or 
city, without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 
members present, at a Stated Communication, to at- 
tend which they shall have been required by a sum- 
mons, served at least ten days previously, stating the 
subject to be acted upon at such Communication. The 
removal of a Lodge from the town, village, city or 
portion of a city named in its charter, must receive the 
sanction of the Grand Lodge previous thereto. 

Every Lodge shall have a seal, and shall keep the 
following books, to wit : 

1. A Copy of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge. 

2. A book of By-Laws, with the signature of the 
members. 

3. A record Book of the proceedings of the Lodge. 

4. A Register containing the name of each member, 
consecutively numbered, his Grand Lodge number, his 
age, occupation, nativity and residence, with the dates 
of his initiation, passing and raising or affiliation, and 
also the date of the termination or suspension of his 
membership, with the cause thereof, as the same may 
occur. 

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5. An alphabetical list of expulsions, suspensions 
and rejections. 

6. Such books as may be necessary to present clearly 
the receipts and accounts of the Treasurer and Secre- 
tary. 

It shall be the duty of a Lodge to preserve in its 
archives a copy of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, 
as published from year to year. 

Every Lodge shall hold a communication at least 
once in each year, and the neglect of a Lodge to do so, 
or to make returns and pay dues for two consecutive 
years, shall subject it to forfeiture of its charter. A 
Lodge failing to pay its annual dues shall not be en- 
titled to be represented in the Grand Lodge. 

All members of Lodges in good standing, their wives 
and minor children, and the widows and orphans of 
deceased members who died in good standing, have a 
right to charitable relief from such Lodges upon pre- 
senting satisfactory evidence of their Masonic char- 
acter or relations, and that they are in necessitous 
circumstances. 

Lodges shall not issue or send out any circular or 
appeal to other Lodges for donations of money for any 
purpose whatever unless the same shall have been 
submitted to, and officially approved by the Grand 
Master. 

No Lodge shall meet on Sunday for Masonic labor, 
other than the obsequies of a Mason. 

The jewels of the officers of Lodges are to be of 
silver or white metal ; the color of their aprons is to be 
white, with star in center. 

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OFFICERS OF LODGES— POWERS AND 
DUTIES. 

The Master of a Lodge has power, and it shall be 
his duty : 

1. To congregate the members of his Lodge upon 
any emergency. 

2. To issue summonses, which must be issued over 
his written signature, or by his order, and attested by 
the written signature of the Secretary under the seal 
of the Lodge ; and such summons must be addressed to 
the brother summoned, and either be handed to him or 
sent through the post office to his last-known address. 

3. To see that the duties of the Secretary are faith- 
fully and punctually performed, and that all reports 
and returns are promptly made. 

4. To discharge all the executive functions of the 
Lodge; and, 

5. To remove any appointed officer for just cause. 
In case of the death, absence or inability of the 

Master, or a vacancy in his office, the Senior and 
Junior Wardens shall, in succession, succeed to his 
prerogatives and duties for all purposes, except such 
as pertain to the installation of officers. In the absence 
of the Master and Wardens a Lodge cannot be opened. 
From the decision of the Master or Warden presid- 
ing in the absence of the Master, there shall be no 
appeal except to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge. 
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of a Lodge : 
1. To receive from the Secretary all moneys paid 
into the Lodge, and give his receipt therefor. 

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2. To keep a just and regular account thereof ; and, 

3. To pay them out by order of the Lodge when so 
certified by the Master and Secretary. 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of a Lodge : 

1. To record the proceedings of the Lodge, under 
the direction of the presiding officer. 

2. To receive all moneys paid into the Lodge, and 
pay the same to the Treasurer. 

3. To keep a register of the members of the Lodge, 
with a permanent number affixed to each name, corres- 
ponding with the return for registry required by the 
Grand Lodge. 

4. To register alphabetically, in a suitable book, all 
expulsions, suspensions and rejections. 

5. To report immediately to the Grand Secretary the 
name, age, occupation, nativity and residence of every 
rejected candidate for initiation, with the date of such 
rejection. 

6. To make a full and correct return to the Grand 
Lodge of all Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, and 
Master Masons made, wjith the Lodge number, age, 
occupation, nativity, residence, and dates of receiving 
such degrees ; also of all affiliates during the year, with 
the Lodge number, age, occupation, nativity, residence, 
date of affiliation, and name, number, and jurisdiction 
of the Lodge from which dimitted, together with full 
information as to all changes that occurred in the 
membership of the Lodge during the year, which re- 
turn shall be made upon blanks furnished by the 
Grand Lodge, be certified to by the Secretary, ap- 
proved by the Master and transmitted to the Grand 
Secretary. 

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7. To transmit, immediately after every election, a 
certificate of the names and residences of the officers 
elected to the Grand Secretary. 

8. To report immediately to the Grand Secretary 
the expulsion or suspension of a member by the Lodge, 
stating the cause of such expulsion or suspension. 

9. To certify and affix the seal of the Lodge to all 
returns and certificates of election made to the Grand 
Lodge. 

10. To attest the official signature of the Master to 
all other Masonic documents, when necessary. 

The officers shall be subject, in all things relating to 
their official duties, to the direction of the Master or 
presiding officer. 

The minutes of every Communication, stated or 
special, shall be read, corrected, if necessary, and ap- 
proved by the Lodge before it is closed, and when so 
approved they cannot be altered or expunged. Should 
it appear that an error had been made in the record, a 
minute explaining or correcting the same may be added 
thereto by vote of the Lodge at a subsequent Com- 
munication. 

The proceedings of a Lodge shall be submitted to the 
Grand Lodge whenever required. 

KESIGNATIONS, VACANCIES IN OFFICE, HOW 

AND WHEN SUPPLIED. 

Neither Master nor Wardens can resign, and every 
officer shall hold his office until his sucessor shall have 
been installed, unless his office becomes vacant, as pro- 
vided in the next section. 

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A vacancy in office in a Lodge can only occur : 

1. By death. 

2. By resignation of another than Master or 
Wardens. 

3. By election and installation of the holder of such 
office to fill another office in the Lodge, but this shall 
not apply to Master and Wardens. 

4. By expulsion, or by suspension for a time extend- 
ing beyond the next annual election, or by removal 
from office. 

A vacancy in an elective office, except that of Master 
or Wardens, may be filled by ballot at any Stated 
Communication, upon due notice to the members. A 
vacancy in an appointed office may be filled at any 
time. In case the offices of Master and Wardens be- 
come vacant, the Secretary shall immediately notify 
the Grand Master of that fact, who shall issue a dis- 
pensation directing the assembling of the Lodge, the 
holding of an election to fill the vacancies, and the 
installation of the officers. 

DISSOLUTION OF LODGES, AND SURRENDER 
OF AND FORFEITURE OF CHARTERS. 

A Lodge can be dissolved only by the surrender or 
forfeiture of its charter. 

The charter of a Lodge can be surrendered only 
when there cannot be found among its members seven 
brethren, duly qualified, desirous of retaining the 
same. 

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A Lodge may forfeit its charter by : 

1. Contumacy to the authority of the Grand Master 
or Grand Lodge. 

2. Departure from the original plan of Masonry 
and Ancient Landmarks. 

3. Disobedience to the Constitution or Laws. 

4. Ceasing to meet for one year; and 

5. Neglecting to make returns and pay dues. 

The charter of a Lodge shall not be declared for- 
feited except upon charges regularly made in Grand 
Lodge, at its Annual Communication, of which charges 
due notice shall be given to the Lodge, and an oppor- 
tunity afforded it of being heard in its defense. 

The surrender of a charter, when approved, or the 
forfeiture of a charter, when declared by the Grand 
Lodge, shall be conclusive upon the Lodge and its 
members, and all the property of the Lodge shall be- 
come the property of the Grand Lodge, and must, on 
demand, be surrendered to the Grand Lodge, or its 
authorized agent, by the person or persons having its 
custody. 

The charter of a Lodge may be suspended by the 
Grand Lodge or Grand Master at any time, upon 
proper cause shown ; which suspension, when made by 
the Grand Master, shall not extend beyond the next 
Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. 

LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION. 

A Dispensation to form a new Lodge shall not be 
issued to a less number than seven Master Masons. 

An elected officer of a Lodge shall not be a petitioner 
for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge, and a member 

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of a Lodge under the jurisdiction of another Grand 
Lodge shall not be a petitioner for a Dispensation to 
form a new Lodge in this jurisdiction. 

A Lodge under Dispensation cannot elect or install 
its officers, or be represented in Grand Lodge, but it 
possesses all other powers and privileges and must 
perform all the other duties of a chartered Lodge, ex- 
cept that it need not have a seal. 

All Dispensations to form new Lodges shall expire 
on the 15th day of April in each year. 

If a member of a chartered Lodge join in a petition 
for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge; and such 
Dispensation be granted, his membership in such 
chartered Lodge shall be in abeyance until the expira- 
tion of the Dispensation; unless before that time he 
shall have resumed full membership in the chartered 
Lodge by withdrawing from the new Lodge. If he 
shall not have withdrawn from the new Lodge before 
the expiration of the Dispensation, and the new Lodge 
shall not be continued by a charter, his membership 
in the first above-mentioned Lodge shall be resumed. 
The Grand Secretary, immediately on such new Lodge 
being constituted, shall notify all chartered Lodges to 
which any of its members belonged when joining in 
the original petition aforesaid, of the granting of 
such charter, and of the constitution of the Lodge 
thereunder, with the names of such original petitioners 
as continued their membership in such newly consti- 
tuted Lodge. 

All members of a Lodge under Dispensation at the 
time of the expiration of the Dispensation, shall be 

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deemed members of such Lodge when it shall be duly 
chartered and constituted. 

No charter shall be issued for the constitution of a 
new Lodge unless such new Lodge shall have given 
proof of its skill and ability, nor unless said Dispen- 
sation and an attested transcript of all the proceedings 
of such Lodge, including a copy of the By-Laws 
thereof, shall have been delivered to the Grand Lodge; 
nor unless they shall know that, as a Lodge under 
Dispensation, they are clear of all indebtedness, and 
that they have recured and prepared a suitable and 
safe place for meeting as a Lodge. 

LODGE MEMBERSHIP. 

Membership in a Lodge shall be acquired by a 
brother in the following manner: 

1. By having named one of the persons to whom was 
granted the Charter under which the Lodge is consti- 
tuted. 

2. By having been accepted by the Lodge as a candi- 
date, and afterward having received the third degree. 

And every brother receiving that degree shall be 
deemed a member of the Lodge by which he shall 
have been accepted (if it shall then exist), and it shall 
be his duty, immediately after receiving such degree, 
to sign the By-Laws of such Lodge. 

3. An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft made by 
a Lodge which shall have ceased to exist may apply to 
any Lodge within the jurisdiction of which he resides 
for the remaining degrees or degree ; and, if the Lodge 
accepts his application, shall become a member of such 

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Lodge, and sign its By-Laws on receiving the third 
degree ; and, 

4. By regular affiliation ; but no Master Mason shall 
become a member of a Lodge other than that in which, 
or at the request or upon the consent of which, he re- 
ceived the third degree, unless it shall appear that he 
is not indebted to any Lodge for dues or assessments, 
and that no charges of unmasonic conduct are pending 
against him. 

The petition of a non-affiliated Mason for member- 
ship must be accompanied by a dimit or other satis- 
factory evidence of honorable discharge from the 
Lodge of which he was last a member. 

No Mason shall be a member of two Lodges at the 
same time; provided, however, that a Lodge at a 
Stated Communication, and by unanimous ballot, upon 
a proposition received at the previous Stated Com- 
munication, may confer honorary membership upon 
any Master Mason, who, at that time, shall be a mem- 
ber in good standing of some Lodge ; but an honorary 
member of a Lodge shall not vote therein. 

Honorary membership in a Lodge depends entirely 
on active membership in some other Lodge. It carries 
with it no rights and privileges in the Lodge wherein it 
is conferred, and imposes no duties; an honorary 
member who gives up active membership is subject to 
the disabilities of an unaffiliate, the honorary member- 
ship being held in abeyance until he is again affiliated. 

A member of a Lodge may present his petition to 
another Lodge for affiliation therein, and such last- 
mentioned Lodge may receive the petition, and if re- 
ceived it must be referred to a Committee of Investiga- 

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tion, and upon the report of the Committee may take 
a ballot, and if thereupon such petition be accepted, 
the brother shall become a member of the Lodge so 
accepting him when it shall receive a certificate that 
such brother has been regularly discharged from mem- 
bership in the first-mentioned Lodge, and he shall have 
signed the By-Laws of the Lodge accepting him. Fail- 
ing to sign the By-Laws of the accepting Lodge within 
three months from the date of the dimit, the dimit 
shall become null and void. The Secretary of the ac- 
cepting Lodge shall at once notify the Lodge granting 
the dimit when the brother has consummated his mem- 
bership, or return the dimit if the brother has not 
consummated his membership within the prescribed 
time. 

No member shall be permitted to Dimit from the 
Lodge of which he is a member until he shall present a 
certificate from some Lodge that he has petitioned for 
membership and been elected therein. On presentation 
of such certificate, and upon the written request of the 
brother, the Lodge, at a Stated Communication, shall, 
if the member is not an elected officer of or indebted to 
the Lodge, or under charges, issue a certificate of 
Dimit, which shall not be delivered to the brother, but 
shall be transmitted by the Secretary, to the Lodge 
from which such certificate of petition came; which 
Dimit shall not become operative, or the brother's 
membership in the Lodge issuing the Dimit terminated, 
until notice has been received that the brother has 
consummated membership in the other Lodge by sign- 
ing the By-Laws thereof, 

Any member of a Lodge against Whom charges are 

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not pending, and whose dues and indebtedness to the 
Lodge are paid, may withdraw from membership by 
presenting a written application therefor at a Stated 
Communication. The Lodge shall grant the request of 
the brother by dropping his name from the rolls, and 
his membership shall thereby be terminated, and he 
shall be subject to the disabilities of a non-affiliated 
Master Mason. A brother thus dropped from the roll 
of a Lodge shall be entitled to a certificate setting forth 
the fact. 

A Lodge shall have power to enact By-Laws requir- 
ing and regulating the payment of Lodge dues, and 
providing a penalty for non-payment thereof, which 
penalty shall be unaffiliation ; but such penalty shall 
not be inflicted except for the non-payment of at least 
one year's dues, nor until the brother shall have been 
duly summoned thirty days previous to pay said one 
year's dues. Any such unaffiliated brother may be 
restored to membership at any Stated Communication, 
by a majority vote, taken by show of hands, provided 
the amount due at the time of such unaffiliation shall 
have been paid; but until so restored, the brother so 
unaffiliated shall not be allowed to visit any Lodge, or 
join in a Masonic procession, or be entitled to receive 
Masonic relief or burial. 

Suspension, after due Masonic trial, shall not relieve 
the member from payment of Lodge dues, or the Lodge 
from Grand Lodge dues upon such member. 

CANDIDATES. 

A petition for initiation, after having been received 
and referred, cannot be withdrawn, but must be acted 

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upon by report of Committee and a ballot; and an 
adverse ballot cannot be reconsidered under any cir- 
cumstances in less than twelve months thereafter, and 
then only on a new petition of the candidate. 

A petition for affiliation may be withdrawn before 
it has been balloted upon. 

A petition wrongfully presented and referred must 
be returned as soon as the error is discovered. 

The ballot on a petition for initiation, or for affilia- 
tion, can be taken only at a Stated Communication, 
and unless the ballot is unanimous in favor of the pe- 
titioner, he shall be declared rejected. 

Every member of a Lodge present at any balloting 
therein for initiation, advancement of affiliation must 
vote. 

No discussion upon the merits of a petitioner for 
initiation, passing or raising shall be allowed in the 
Lodge. 

The balloting on a petition cannot be postponed or 
adjourned, but when once commenced must be com- 
pleted, and the result thereof declared. 

A Lodge shall not initiate any person without due 
inquiry into his character, nor without being satisfied, 
in a Masonic manner, that he has not been previously 
rejected. If it shall be ascertained that a person, be- 
ing a petitioner for initiation, has been rejected, then 
no Lodge shall initiate him until the expiration of 
twelve months after such rejection. 

A ballot for each degree is an undeniable right if 
demanded, and if after a candidate has been accepted, 
and before he has been initiated, a new ballot be de- 
manded, it must be taken, and if such ballot result in a 

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rejection, it shall have the same effect as if it had 
occurred when such candidate was accepted. If, after 
a brother has been initiated, any member shall demand 
a ballot upon his advancement, and such ballot result 
in a rejection, the brother may be proposed for ad- 
vancement at any subsequent Stated Communication 
of the Lodge ; the proposition must lie over at least to 
the next Stated Communication, and a clear ballot 
must be had before the brother can be advanced. No 
written or verbal objection shall have the effect to re- 
ject the petition of a candidate or the advancement of 
a brother. An objection, however, must be respected, 
and will defer the initiation of a candidate or the ad- 
vancement of a brother until a subsequent Communi- 
cation of the Lodge. The name of the brother object- 
ing or making a demand for a new ballot, as herein 
provided, shall not be entered on the minutes. 

Any brother who shall in any way make known the 
kind of ballot cast by himself or another on an applica- 
tion for the degrees of Masonry, or any of them, or for 
affiliation, or of, after any such balloting as aforesaid, at 
which such application has been rejected, any brother 
shall in any way declare that he or any other brother 
cast a certain kind of ballot at such balloting, or shall 
declare that any specified or indicated number of white 
balls or ballots, or black balls or ballots, was cast at 
any balloting aforesaid, it shall be deemed a Masonic 
offense, and such brother so offending shall, on con- 
viction thereof, be expelled. On the trial of a brother 
for any offense specified in this section, it shall not be 
permitted to prove the kind of ballot cast by any 
brother, nor the number of white balls or ballots, or 

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black balls or ballots, cast at any such balloting. 

If at any time it shall be charged that a Mason made 
any misrepresentation to the Lodge in which he shall 
have been initiated, or to a Committee of Investigation 
appointed by such Lodge, or used any concealment or 
deceit in relation to his initiation, he may be tried 
therefore, and, if found guilty, may be punished by 
suspension or expulsion. If, however, such conceal- 
ment or deceit relates in any wise to any previous ap- 
plication for initiation in this or any other Masonic 
jurisdiction, the punishment therefor shall be ex- 
pulsion. 

CONFERRING DEGREES. 

A Lodge shall not initiate, pass or raise more than 
five candidates in one day, except by a Dispensation 
from the Grand Master. 

A Lodge shall not confer the second degree or the 
third degree on the same candidate at a less interval 
than two weeks from the time of conferring the pre- 
ceding degree, except by a dispensation from the 
Grand Master. 

A brother shall not be passed to the degree of Fellow 
Craft, or raised to the degree of Master Mason, with- 
out proof of suitable proficiency in the preceding de- 
gree, ascertaining from an examination in open Lodge, 
or by a Committee appointed for that purpose. 

An officer or other member of a Lodge shall not be 
permitted to procure the advancement of a Brother 
in any other Lodge than that in which such Brother 
was initiated, except by direction of the Lodge, in 
writing, and over its seal. 

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An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft, of any 
other Grand Lodge jurisdiction, shall not be passed or 
raised in any Lodge under the jurisdiction of this 
Grand Lodge, unless the consent of the Lodge in which 
he was initiated or passed shall have been obtained , 
provided said Lodge continue in existence. 

DISCIPLINE. 

The Grand Lodge shall have original jurisdiction to 
enforce the provisions of its Constitution and Laws, 
and to hear and determine charges which may be pre- 
ferred against a Mason, and all matters of controversy 
which may arise between Lodges, or between a Lodge 
and its Master, or between a Lodge and a member or 
the members of another Lodge, or members of different 
Lodges ; and, when charges are preferred in any of the 
foregoing cases it shall be the duty of the Grand 
Master, or Deputy Grand Master, to appoint by his 
warrant a Commission, consisting of not more than 
five nor less than three disinterested brethren, who 
shall have attained the rank of Master, and shall hail 
from at least three different Lodges, to hear and de- 
termine the same. 

Charges against the Master of a Lodge for official 
misconduct, while holding the office of Master, shall be 
presented to the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge 
only during the term of said Master, or within one 
year thereafter. 

After service of the charges against a brother, the 
Commissioners shall appoint a time and place for the 
trial, convenient to the parties, and cause the parties 
and their witnesses to be summoned; and any Master 

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of a Lodge may issue a summons for witnesses at the 
request of either party. 

When the trial is concluded the Commissioners shall, 
as soon as possible, make their report of the facts 
found by them, and their determination upon the 
matter, and give notice thereof to each of the parties, 
and a majority of the Commissioners must concur in 
the judgment of the Commission, a copy of which re- 
port must be filed with the Grand Secretary. 

The decision of the Commissioners shall be final, 
unless an appeal shall be taken therefrom to the Grand 
Master or Grand Lodge within six months; in which 
case it shall be the duty of the Commissioners, upon 
receiving notice of such appeal, to transmit their re- 
port, together with all the papers and proceedings in 
the case, to the Grand Secretary, unless they have 
already filed a copy. The appellant shall also, within 
thirty days after notice of the decision, give notice of 
intention to appeal to the opposing party. The de- 
cision of the Grand Master, or the Grand Lodge shall 
be final. 

When notice of appeal to the Grand Lodge shall 
have been filed with the Grand Secretary, that officer 
shall immediately, or as soon as received, send to the 
Chief Commissioner all papers and reports having 
reference to the case. 

The appeal shall be heard before the Commission of 
Appeals during the session of the Grand Lodge, and 
the decision of the Grand Lodge upon the report of 
said Commission shall be conclusive upon all parties. 

The expenses which may be incurred by the Com- 
missioners in conducting a Masonic trial shall be borne 

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by one or both of the parties to the controversy, as may 
be determined by the Commissioners, and set forth in 
their report, and payment of such expenses may be 
enforced by proper Masonic discipline, subject to a 
like right of appeal, to be taken by an aggrieved party 
within the time. 

Charges preferred, which, if proven, would not 
constitute a Masonic offense, may be and should be 
dismissed by the Lodge or officer to whom the same 
may have been preferred. 

The penalties for a violation of Masonic law shall 
be: First, reprimand or censure; second, suspension 
from all the rights of Masonry, which shall be for a 
definite time ; and, third, expulsion. 

A Lodge having expelled a member, may restore 
such expelled Mason to the rights of Masonry at any 
Stated Communication and by a majority vote, notice 
of a motion to do so having been made at a preceding 
Stated Communication, and a Lodge may terminate a 
sentence of suspension at any Stated Communication. 
Provided, however, that such restoration shall not be 
made when the Grand Lodge shall have affirmed the 
decision. 

The Grand Lodge shall have power to restore an 
expelled Mason to the rights of Masonry after the 
expiration of one year from the date of the sentence, 
provided he shall have filed with the Grand Secretary, 
at least thirty days before the annual session of the 
Grand Lodge, a petition which shall contain a copy of 
the complaint upon which he was tried and a state- 
ment of the grounds upon which he seeks restoration ; 
and provided, further, that the petition be accom- 

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panied by the favorable recommendation of the Lodge 
from which he was expelled, obtained at a Stated 
Communication to which the members thereof had 
been duly summoned. 

Any brother who has been expelled, and afterward 
restored to the rights of Masonry, may present his 
petition for affiliation to any Lodge. 

FRIENDSHIP, MORALITY and BROTHERLY 
LOVE being the most valuable tenets of Freemasonry, 
whosoever shall be convicted of having had projects or 
acts tending to lower the character, or attack a 
brother's honor, shall, by the very deed, be reported 
to the Grand Lodge, and, upon conviction, be expelled, 
and there shall be no restoration for him. 



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SECOND TEMPLE 



Rules and Regulations Governing the Second Temple of 
Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry, Consisting of 

THIRD TO EIGHTH DEGREE 

Grand Master of the Secret Manuscript. 
Kings Pioneer. 

Master of the Secret Cavern. 

Prince of the House of Pharoah. 




JEWELS 




FACE. 



REVERSE. 



Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry is 
RELIGIOUS PEACE MILITANT. 



All True Masonry and the Universal Brotherhood 
of Man are one. 



Laws Governing Subordinate Lodges or Temples 
Under the Second Temple. 



The Powers and Privileges of a Subordinate or 
Warranted Lodge or Temple are such as are defined in 
its Warrant, by the Constitutions of the Supreme 
Grand Lodge granting the same, and the Supreme 
Law of Mystic Masonry. 

They are divided into : 

1. Executive: in the direction and performance of 
its work, under the control of its Priest, and in all 
other matters in aid of the Priest, who has the primary 
executive power of the Lodge or Temple. 

2. Legislative : embracing all matters relating to its 
internal concerns, not in derogation of the Supreme 
Laws of Mystic Masonry, constitutions and General 
Regulations of the Supreme Grand Lodge, and its own 
particular By-Laws ; and 

3. Judicial: embracing the exercise of discipline, 
and settlement of controversies between and over all 
its members (except the Priest) and all non-affiliated 
Members within its jurisdiction, subject to appeal to 
the Supreme Grand Lodge. 

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The powers of a Warranted Lodge or Temple, are, 
therefore, divided into two classes, INHERENT and 
CONSTITUTIONAL. 

The inherent Powers of a Lodge or Temple, con- 
trolled only by the Supreme Law, are : 

1. To decide who shall be admitted members of or 
initiated therein ; that is, of persons properly qualified. 

Note. — In all cities where the Degrees in the first 
Temple are conferred in order to prepare the candi- 
date for the Second Temple, the application must be 
made to the Second Temple, covering the seven degrees, 
including that of ' ' Prince of the House of Pharaoh. ' ' 
If the Degrees in the First Temple are not conferred, 
then the application shall only be made for the Second 
Temple Degrees. 

In no case, whether the Second Temple Degrees are 
to be conferred or not, can application be made ONLY 
for the First Temple Degrees. These must always be 
included in the Second Temple Application if they are 
to be conferred at all. 

2. To make Mystic Masons of those it has decided to 
admit. In the First Temple only five applicants shall 
be admitted at one time. In the Second Temple the 
number is not limited, provided the work is done 
properly. 

3. To place on trial a member against whom charges 
may have been preferred, to pronounce sentence, and 
enforce discipline. 

4. To elect and install its officers once every two 
years. 

5. To fix its time of meeting. 

6. To require its members to contribute to its funds. 

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7. To be represented, through the Deputy, at all 
communications of the Grand Lodge. 

8. To instruct such Deputy as to their desires and 
wants. 

The constitutional powers of a Lodge or Temple, 
subject to control by the Supreme Grand Lodge, are: 

1. To make a code of By-Laws for its internal gov- 
ernment, not in derogation of its inalienable rights, or 
of those of its members. 

2. To do all the work pertaining to the four degrees 
of Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry. 

3. To transact all business that can be legally trans- 
acted by a duly constituted Lodge or Temple of Mystic 
Masons. 

4. To appeal to the Supreme Grand Master or 
Grand Lodge from the decision of the Priest. 

5. To change its place of meeting. 

6. To control its funds. 

The Priest, Singer, Horoscopus, King's Pioneer, 
King's Guard, and Scribe must be chosen every two 
years by ballot, and by a majority of votes, and such 
as are elected must be installed by the actual Priest or 
Past Priest of the Lodge or Temple. 

A Lodge or Temple may provide, in secret session, 
by additional officers, according to its degree work and 
in strict accordance with the Ritual only. 

If, at the time prescribed, a Lodge shall fail to elect, 
or within the time prescribed, shall fail to install, the 
Supreme Grand Master may grant a Dispensation to 
such Lodge to elect or install such officers as the ex- 
igencies of the case may require, but those guilty of 
such neglect shall be tried and punished. 

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Officers re-elected must be installed after each 
election. 

A member of a Lodge or Temple may be installed 
by proxy, at the discretion of the installing officer, in 
any office of which he has signified his acceptance, 
except that of Priest. 

Membership in a Lodge is necessary to constitute 
eligibility to office therein, except in case of a King's 
Pioneer, who must be a member of some Lodge, but 
need not be a member of the Lodge or Temple for 
which he is King's Pioneer. 

Every member of a Lodge or Temple in good stand- 
ing is entitled to one vote; provided, however, that a 
Lodge or Temple may enact and enforce a By-Law 
which will disfranchise a member, at an election of 
Officers, for non-payment of dues. Every voter is 
eligible to any office in the Lodge or Temple except 
that of Priest. 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

A Lodge or Temple has full power and authority to 
enact By-Laws for its own government, in conformity 
to the Constitution of this Grand Lodge and the 
principles of Mystic Masonry, and any By-Law in- 
consistent therewith is absolutely void. 

Every member must sign the "Book of By-Laws" of 
his Lodge or Temple with his full name at time of re- 
ceiving the seventh degree, and every affiliating 
member must likewise sign the By-Laws, to consum- 
mate his membership. 

A Lodge or Temple may, at a Stated Communica- 
tion, when previously summoned for the purpose, tax 

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or assess its members for strictly Masonic purposes, 
but for no other. 

A failure to pay such an assessment is a failure to 
perform a Masonic duty, punishable upon conviction 
thereof. 

No visitor shall be admitted into any Lodge or 
Temple without due inquiry and satisfaction as to his 
good Masonic standing ; nor shall he be admitted if his 
admission will disturb the harmony of the Lodge or 
Temple, or embarrass its work. 

An honorary member of a Lodge or Temple has not 
the right to visit said Lodge or Temple when a member 
of it objects thereto. 

Lodges or Temples shall take precedence according 
to the order in which they stand upon the Roll of the 
Grand Lodge. 

A Lodge or Temple shall not remove its place of 
meeting from the town, village, or city named in its 
charter, nor from one place to another in such town, 
village, or city, without the affirmative vote of two- 
thirds of the members present, at a Stated Communica- 
tion, to attend which they shall have been required by 
a summons, served at least ten days previously, stating 
• the subject to be acted upon at such Communication. 
The removal of a Lodge or Temple from the town, 
village, city or portion of a city named in its charter, 
must receive the sanction of the Supreme Grand 
Lodge previous thereto. 

Every Lodge or Temple shall have a seal, and shall 
keep the following books, to wit : 

1. A Copy of the Constitution of the Supreme 
Grand Lodge. 

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2. A book of By-Laws, with the signature of its 
members. 

3. A record Book of the proceedings of the Lodge. 

4. A Register containing the name of each member, 
consecutively numbered, his Supreme Grand Lodge 
number; his age, occupation, nativity and residence, 
with the dates of his initiation, passing and raising or 
affiliation, and also the date of the termination or sus- 
pension of his membership, with the cause thereof, as 
the same may occur. 

5. An alphabetical list of expulsions, suspensions 
and rejections. 

6. Such books as may be necessary to present clearly 
the receipts and accounts of the King's Scribe. 

It shall be the duty of the Lodge or Temple to pre- 
serve in its archives a copy of the proceedings of the 
Supreme Grand Lodge, as published from year to year. 

Every Lodge or Temple shall hold a communication 
at least once in each year, and the neglect of a Lodge 
or Temple to do so, or to make returns and pay dues 
for two consecutive years, shall subject it to forfeiture 
of its charter. 

All members of Lodges or Temples in good standing, 
their wives and minor children, and the widows and 
orphans of deceased members who died in good stand- 
ing, have a right to charitable relief from such Lodges 
or Temples upon presenting satisfactory evidence of 
their Masonic character or relations, and that they are 
in necessitous circumstances. 

Lodges or Temples shall not issue or send out any 
circular or appeal to other Lodges or Temples for 
donations of money for any purpose whatever unless 

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the same shall have been submitted to, and officially 
approved by the Supreme Grand Master. 

OFFICERS OFLODGESORTEMPLES— POWERS 
AND DUTIES 

The Priest of a Lodge or Temple has power, and it 
shall be his duty : 

1. To congregate the members of his Lodge or 
Temple upon any emergency. 

2. To issue summonses, which must be issued over 
his written signature, or by his order, and attested by 
the written signature of the King's Scribe under the 
seal of the Lodge or Temple ; and such summons must 
be addressed to the Brother summoned, and either be 
handed to him or sent through post office to his last- 
known address. 

3. To see that the duties of the King's Scribe are 
faithfully and punctually performed, and that all re- 
ports and returns are promptly made. 

4. To discharge all the executive functions of the 
Lodge or Temple ; and, 

5. To remove any appointed officer for just cause. 
In case of the death of the Priest, an election must 

immediately be held and another elected. Full report 
of such action must be made to the Supreme Grand 
Lodge. In case of the death or absence of any other 
officer, the Priest may select one of the brethren who 
is well versed in the work. 

In case of the absence of the Priest, no meeting 
can be held on such night and same must be postponed 
until the next regular meeting night. 

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It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of a Lodge or 
Temple : 

1. To receive from the King's Scribe all money 
paid into the Lodge or Temple, and give his receipt 
for same. 

2. To keep a just and regular account thereof ; and, 

3. To pay them out by order of the Lodge or Temple 
when so certified by the Priest and King's' Scribe. 

It shall be the duty of the King's Scribe of a Lodge 
or Temple : 

1. To record the proceedings of the Lodge, under 
the direction of the presiding officer. 

2. To receive all moneys paid into the Lodge or 
Temple, and pay the same to the Treasurer. 

3 . To keep a register of the members of the Lodge or 
Temple, with a permanent number affixed to each 
name, corresponding with the return for registry re- 
quired by the Supreme Grand Lodge. 

4. To register alphabetically, in a suitable book, all 
expulsions, suspensions and rejections. 

5. To report immediately to the Supreme Grand 
Secretary the name, age, occupation, nativity and resi- 
dence of every rejected candidate for initiation, with 
the date of such rejection. 

6. To make a full and correct return to the Supreme 
Grand Lodge of all Masters of the Secret Manuscripts, 
King's Pioneers, Masters of the Secret Cavern and 
Princes of the House of Pharaoh made, with the Lodge 
or Temple number, age, occupation, nativity, residence, 
and dates of receiving such degrees, together with full 
information as to all changes that occurred in the 
membership of the Lodge during the year, which re- 

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turn shall be made upon blanks furnished by the 
Supreme Grand Lodge, be certified to by the King's 
Scribe, approved by the Priest and transmitted to the 
Supreme Grand Secretary. 

7. To transmit, immediately after every election, a 
certificate of the names and residences of the officers 
elected to the Supreme Grand Secretary and also to 
the Deputy Grand Master. 

8. To make a full and correct return annually to the 
Supreme Grand Secretary of the condition of the 
Lodge or Temple on or before the 25th day of No- 
vember, in the form prescribed by the Grand Lodge. 

9. To report immediately to the Grand Secretary the 
expulsion or suspension of a member of the Lodge or 
Temple, stating the cause of such expulsion or sus- 
pension. 

10. To certify and affix the seal of the Lodge or 
Temple to all the returns and certificates of election 
made to the Supreme Grand Lodge. 

11. To attest the official signature of the Priests of 
all other documents, when necessary. 

12. The officers shall be subject, in all things re- 
lating to their official duties, to the direction of the 
Priest or presiding officer. 

The minutes of every Communication, stated or 
otherwise, shall be read, corrected, if necessary, and 
approved by the Lodge before it is closed, and when 
so approved they cannot be altered or expunged. 
Should it appear that an error had been made in the 
record, a minute explaining or correcting the same 
may be added thereto by the vote of the Lodge or 
Temple at a subsequent Communication. 

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The proceedings of a Lodge or Temple must be sub- 
mitted to the Supreme Grand Lodge when required. 

KESIGNATIONS, VACANCIES IN OFFICE, HOW 
AND WHEN SUPPLIED. 

Neither Priest, Singer nor Horoseopus can resign, 
and every officer shall hold his office "until his successor 
shall have been installed, unless his office becomes 
vacant, as provided for. 

A vacancy in office in a Lodge or Temple can only 
occur : 

1. By death. 

2. By resignation of another than Priest, Singer or 
Horoseopus. 

3. By election and installation of the holder to such 
office to fill another office in the Lodge or Temple, but 
this shall not apply to the Priest, Singer or Horo- 
seopus. 

4. By expulsion, or by suspension for a time extend- 
ing beyond the next election, or by removal from office. 

DISSOLUTION OF LODGES, AND SURRENDER 
OF AND FORFEITURE OF CHARTERS. 

A Lodge or Temple can be dissolved only by the 
surrender or forfeiture of its charter. 

The charter of a Lodge or Temple can be sur- 
rendered only when there cannot be found among its 
members seven brethren, duly qualified, desirous of 
retaining the same. 

A Lodge or Temple may forfeit its charter by : 

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1. Contumacy to the authority of the Supreme 
Grand Master or Grand Lodge. 

2. Disobedience to the Constitution or Laws. 

3. Ceasing to meet for one year ; and 

4. Neglecting to make returns and pay dues. 

The charter of a Lodge or Temple shall not be de- 
clared forfeited except upon charges regularly made 
in Supreme Grand Lodge, at its Annual Communica- 
tion, of which charges due notice shall be given to the 
Lodge or Temple, and an opportunity afforded it of 
being heard in its defense. 

The surrender of a charter, when approved, or the 
forfeiture of a charter, when declared by the Supreme 
Grand Lodge, shall be conclusive upon the Lodge or 
Temple and its members, and all the property of the 
Lodge or Temple shall become the property of the 
Supreme Grand Lodge, and must, on demand, be sur- 
rendered to the Supreme Grand Lodge, or its author- 
ized agent, by the person or persons having its custody. 

The charter of a Lodge or Temple may be sus- 
pended by the Supreme Grand Lodge or Supreme 
Grand Master at any time, upon proper cause shown ; 
which suspension, when made by the Supreme Grand 
Master, shall not extend beyond the next Annual Com- 
munication of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 

CHARTERS. 

No Dispensations shall be granted for Lodges or 
Temples under the Second Temple. No Charter shall 
be granted for a New Lodge or Temple unless pe- 
titioned for by at least ten Princes of the House of 

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Pharaoh who are in good standing in the Lodge or 
Temple to which they belong. 

When such Charter is granted, the brethren may im- 
mediately start to work and take in new members ac- 
cording to the Constitution and in no other wise. 

LODGE OR TEMPLE MEMBERSHIP. 

Membership in a Lodge or Temple shall be acquired 
by a brother in the following manner: 

1. By having been named one of the persons to 
whom was granted the Charter under which the Lodge 
or Temple is constituted. 

2. By having been accepted by the Lodge or Temple 
as a candidate, and afterwards having received the 
Seven degrees. 

Every brother having received the seventh degree 
shall be deemed a member of the Lodge or Temple by 
which he shall have been accepted (if it shall then 
exist), and it shall be his duty, immediately after re- 
ceiving such degree, to sign the By-Laws of such 
Lodge or Temple. 

Honorary membership in a Lodge or Temple de- 
pends entirely on active membership in some other 
Lodge or Temple. It carries with it no rights and 
privileges in the Lodge or Temple wherein it is con- 
ferred, and imposes no duties; an honorary member 
who gives up active membership is subject to the dis- 
abilities of an unaffiliate, the honorary membership 
being held in abeyance until he is again affiliated. 

A member of a Lodge or Temple may present his 
petition to another Lodge for affiliation therein; and 
such last mentioned Lodge or Temple may receive the 

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petition, and if received it must be referred to a Com- 
mittee of Investigation, and upon the report of the 
Committee may take a ballot, and if thereupon such 
petition be accepted, and the brother shall become a 
member of the Lodge or Temple so accepting him when 
it shall receive a certificate that such brother has been 
regularly discharged from membership in the first 
mentioned Lodge or Temple, and he shall have signed 
the By-Laws of the Lodge or Temple accepting him. 
Failing to sign the By-Laws of the accepting Lodge 
or Temple within three months from the date of the 
dimit, the dimit shall become null and void. The 
King's Scribe of the accepting Lodge or Temple shall 
at once notify the Lodge or Temple granting the 
dimit when the brother has consummated his mem- 
bership, or return the dimit if the brother has not 
consummated his membership within the prescribed 
time. 

No member shall be permitted to Dimit from the 
Lodge or Temple of which he is a member until he 
shall present a certificate from some Lodge or Temple 
that he has petitioned for membership and been 
elected therein. On presentation of such certificate, 
and upon the written request of the brother, the 
Lodge or Temple, at a Stated Communication, shall, if 
the member is not an elective officer of or indebted to 
the Lodge or Temple, or under charges, issue a cer- 
tificate of Dimit, which shall not be delivered to the 
brother, but shall be transmitted by the King's Scribe, 
to the Lodge or Temple from which such certificate of 
petition came ; which Dimit shall not become operative, 
or the brother's membership in the Lodge or Temple 

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issueing the Dimit terminated, until notice has been 
received that the brother has consummated member- 
ship in the other Lodge by signing the By-Laws 
thereof. 

Any member of a Lodge or Temple against whom 
charges are not pending, and whose dues and indebted- 
ness to the Lodge are paid, may withdraw from mem- 
bership by presenting a written application therefor 
at a Stated Communication. The Lodge or Temple 
shall grant the request of the brother dropping his 
name from the rolls, and his membership shall thereby 
be terminated, and he shall be subject to the dis- 
abilities of a non-affiliated Prince of the House of 
Pharaoh. A brother thus dropped from the roll of a 
Lodge or Temple shall be entitled to a certificate set- 
ting forth the fact. 

A Lodge or Temple shall have power to enact By- 
Laws requiring and regulating the payment of Lodge 
dues, and providing a penalty for non-payment there- 
of, which penalty shall be unaffiliated ; but such 
penalty shall not be inflicted except for non-payment 
of at least one year's dues, nor until the brother shall 
have been duly summoned thirty days previous to pay 
said one year's dues. Any such unaffiliated brother 
may be restored to membership at any Stated Com- 
munication, by a majority vote, taken by show of 
hands, provided the amount due at the time of such 
unaffiliation shall have been paid; but until so re- 
stored, the brother so unaffiliated shall not be allowed 
to visit any Lodge or Temple, nor be entitled to receive 
Masonic relief or burial. 

Suspension, after due trial, shall not relieve the 

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member from payment of Lodge or Temple dues, or 
the Lodge or Temple from Supreme Grand Lodge 
Dues upon such member. 

CANDIDATES. 

A petition for initiation, after having been received 
and referred, cannot be withdrawn, but must be acted 
upon by report of Committee and a ballot; and an 
adverse ballot cannot be reconsidered under any cir- 
cumstances in less than twelve months thereafter, and 
then only on a new petition of the candidate. 

A petition for affiliation may be withdrawn before 
it has been balloted upon. 

A petition wrongfully presented and referred must 
be returned as soon as the error is discovered. 

The ballot on a petition for initiation, or for affilia- 
tion, can be taken only at a Stated Communication, 
and unless the ballot is unanimous in favor of the 
petitioner he shall be declared rejected. 

Every member of a Lodge or Temple present at any 
balloting therein for initiation, advancement or affilia- 
tion must vote. 

No discussion upon the merits of a petitioner for 
initiation, passing or raising shall be allowed in the 
Lodge or Temple. 

The balloting on a petition cannot be postponed or 
adjourned, but when once commenced must be com- 
pleted, and the result thereof declared. 

A Lodge or Temple shall not initiate any person 
without due inquiry into his character, nor without 
being satisfied, in a Masonic manner, that he has been 
previously rejected. If it shall be ascertained that a 

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person, being a petitioner for initiation, has been re- 
jected, then no Lodge or Temple shall initiate him 
until the expiration of twelve months after such re- 
jection. 

A ballot for each degree is an undeniable right if 
demanded, and if after a candidate has been accepted, 
and before he has been initiated, a new ballot be de- 
manded, it must be taken, and if such ballot result in 
rejection, it shall have the same effect as if it had 
occurred when such candidate was accepted. If, after 
a brother has been initiated, any member shall demand 
a ballot upon his advancement, and such ballot result 
in a rejection, the brother may be proposed for ad- 
vancement at any subsequent Stated Communication 
of the Lodge or Temple ; the proposition must lie over 
at least to the next Stated Communication, and a clear 
ballot must be had before the brother can be advanced. 
No written or verbal objection shall have the effect to 
reject the petition of a candidate or the advancement 
of a brother. An objection, however, must be re- 
spected, and will defer the initiation of a candidate 
or the advancement of a brother until a subsequent 
Communication of the Lodge or Temple. The name 
of the brother objecting or making a demand for a 
new ballot, as herein provided, shall not be entered on 
the minutes. 

Any brother who shall in any way make known the 
kind of ballot cast by himself or another on an applica- 
tion for the degrees of Mystic Masonry, or any of 
them, or for affiliation, or if, after any such balloting 
as aforesaid, at which such application has been re- 
jected, any brother shall in any way declare that he 

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or any other brother cast a certain kind of ballot at 
such balloting-, or shall declare that any specified or 
indicated number of white balls or ballots, or black 
balls or ballots, was cast at any balloting aforesaid, it 
shall be deemed a Masonic offense, and such brother so 
offending shall, on conviction thereof, be expelled. On 
the trial of a brother for any offense specified in this 
section, it shall not be permitted to prove the kind of 
ballot cast by any brother, not the number of white 
balls or ballots, or black balls or ballots, cast at any 
such balloting. 

If at any time it shall be charged that a Mystic 
Mason made any misrepresentation to the Lodge or 
Temple in which he shall have been initiated, or to a 
Committee of Investigation appointed by such Lodge 
or Temple, or used any concealment or deceit in re- 
lation to his initiation, he may be tried therefore, and, 
if found guilty, may be punished by suspension or ex- 
pulsion. If, however, such concealment or deceipt re- 
lates in any wise to any previous application for in- 
itiation in this or any other Masonic jurisdiction, the 
punishment therefor shall be expulsion. 

DISCIPLINE. 

All discipline in the Second Temple shall be con- 
ducted exactly as in the First Temple and from the 
decision of the Supreme Grand Master there shall be 
no appeal under any circumstances. 

All those who become members of the First, Second 
or Third Temple take upon themselves the obligation 
that they shall NOT carry any case to the Courts of 
Law and it is only with this understanding that they 

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may be admitted to even the first degree of the first 
Temple. 

LET ALL TAKE DUE NOTICE HEREOF AND 
GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY. 



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THIRD TEMPLE 



RULES and REGULATIONS 



GOVERNING THE MEMBERS OF THE 



Ancient and Mystic Oriental Rite 



Adopted in Secret Council in the East 
In the year of Our Lord, 1906 



RULES ARE ABSOLUTELY BINDING ON ALL LODGES AND ITS 
MEMBERS UNDER THE SUPREME GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION 



These Rules help to govern the Lodges or Temples under the First and 
Second Temples or Lodges as well as those under the Third. Only part 
of the Rules governing the Third Temple are herein given as the others are 
Secret and only given to the officers. 



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RULES 



1. The whole world is but one Republic, of which 
each Nation is a family, and every individual a child. 
Masonry, and especially Mystic Masonry, not in any- 
wise derogating from the differing duties which the 
diversity of States requires, tends to create a new 
people, a new association, a Universal Brotherhood, 
which, composed of men of many nations and tongues, 
shall all be bound together by the bonds of Science, 
Morality, Virtue and Brotherly Love. 

2. The real object of Mystic Masonry can be summed 
up in these words: To efface from among men the 
prejudice of caste, the conventional distinctions of 
color, origin, opinion, nationality; to annihilate fan- 
aticism and superstition, extirpate national discord 
and with it extinguish the firebrand of war ; in a word 
— to arrive, by free and pacific progress, at one for- 
mula or model of eternal and universal right, accord- 
ing to which each individual human being shall be 
free to develop every faculty with which he may be 
endowed, and to concur heartily and with all the 
fullness of his strength, in the bestowment of happi- 
ness upon all, and thus to make of the whole human 
race one family of brothers, united by affection, 
wisdom and labor and to bind them together in such a 

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way that it shall be impossible for one brother to hurt 
another in any possible way. 

3. Masonic Charity and devotion being the duty of 
brothers, whosoever shall be convicted of having had 
projects or acts tending to lower the Order, or attack 
a brother's honor, shall, by the very deed, be brought 
before the Committee appointed in such cases and if 
found guilty, shall not only be expelled, but shall be 
made to suffer the full penalty of such act as is pre- 
scribed by the Secret Code. There can be no excep- 
tions to these rules and laws, for to do so were to 
weaken the very foundation of Mystic and Oriental 
Masonry. 

4. When the calamities of a brother call for our aid, 
we should not withdraw the hand that might sustain 
him from sinking but we must render him those 
services, which, not incumbering or injuring our 
families or fortunes, charity and religion may dictate 
for the saving of our fellow being, nor may we draw 
the line too closely in our favor. Mystic Masonry, 
if for anything, is to bind its members together in one 
bond which cannot be severed by any force whatever. 

5. From this purpose, indolence dare not persuade 
the foot to halt or wrath turn our steps out of the 
way; but forgetting injuries and selfish feelings, and 
remembering that man was born for the aid of his 
generation and not for his own enjoyment only, but 
to do that which is good, we must be swift to have 
mercy, to save, to strengthen and execute benevolence. 

6. As the good things of this life are partially dis- 
pensed, and some are opulent, while others are in dis- 
tress, such principles also enjoin Mystic Masons, even 

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if ever so poor, to testify their good will towards each 
other. Riches alone do not allow the means of doing 
good; virtue and benevolence are not confined to the 
walks of opulence; the rich man, from his many 
talents, is required to make extensive works under the 
principles of virtue, and yet poverty is no excuse for 
,an omission of that exercise; for as the cry of inno- 
cence ascendeth up to heaven, as the voice of babes 
and sucklings reach the throne of God, and as the 
breathings of a contrite heart are heard in the regions 
of dominion, so a Mystic 's prayers, devoted to the wel- 
fare of his brother, are required of him. 

7. Another principle is never to injure the confi- 
dence of your brother by revealing his secrets; for 
perhaps, that were to rob him of the guard which 
protects his property or life. The tongue of a Mystic 
Mason must be void of offense and without guile to- 
wards a brother, speaking truth with discretion and 
keeping itself within the rule of judgment, maintain- 
ing a heart void of uncharitableness, locking up see- 
rets and communing in charity and love. 

8. So much is required of the Mystic Mason in his 
gifts as discretion shall limit ; charity begins at home, 
but like a fruitful olive tree planted by the side of a 
fountain whose boughs overshoot the wall, so is char- 
ity ; it spreads its arms abroad from the strength and 
opulence of its station and bendeth its shade for the 
repose and relief of those who are gathered under its 
branches. Charity, when given with imprudence, is 
no longer a virtue ; but when flowing from abundance, 
it is glorious as the beams of morning, in whose beauty 
thousands rejoice. When, donations, extorted by pity, 

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are detrimental to a man's family, they become sacri- 
fices to superstition, and like incense to idols are dis- 
approved by heaven. 

9. In the intercourse with the world, we must care- 
fully guard ourselves against depreciating any brother 
of the Order, no matter what his faults may be. We 
must not let any words of ill-will fall from our lips 
relating to the members of our Fraternity. If, from 
motives of jealousy at our success and progress, they 
choose to be antagonistic to us, let all the aggressive 
acts be on the other side; for if Mystic Masons dis- 
agree among themselves, and make their dissensions 
matters of public notoriety, what opinion of us can we 
expect from the outer world, and how can it believe 
in our profession of Brotherly Love, Friendship and 
the Universal Brotherhood of Man ? 

10. As the Ancient Mystic Oriental Masons of the 
Universe consider the Blue Lodge or Ancient Craft 
Masonry the foundation and fundamental basis of our 
Institution, to which the Masonic allegiance of all its 
members is due, and from which there can be no devia- 
tion; therefore, no Mason can be allowed to join the 
Ancient Mystic Oriental Rite of the Universe unless 
he is a member of some Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masonic Body. 

11. Initiates of Mystic and Oriental Masonry are 
ordered to fraternize with the members of all other 
Rites. "Tolerance" is not only written at the head of 
all its Sacred Laws, but is an absolute and unbreak- 
able rule. There is but one exception to this rule. 
No Mystic Mason can, under any circumstances, recog- 
nize the member of any Masonic Body in which the 

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"G" does not hold a prominent place. In such cases 
Masonic rule is broken and in this respect Albert G. 
Mackey, the Highest Masonic authority on the Conti- 
nent of America, in his Masonic Jurisprudence, says : 
1 ' Within the past few years an attempt has been made 
by some Grand Lodges to add to these simple, moral, 
and religious qualifications, another, which requires a 
belief in the Divine authenticity of the Scriptures. It 
is much to be regretted that Masons will sometimes 
forget the fundamental law of their Institution, and 
endeavor to add to or detract from the perfect integ- 
rity of the building, as it was left to them by their pre- 
decessors. Whenever this is done, the beauty of our 
temple must suffer. The Landmarks of Masonry are 
so perfect that they neither need nor will permit of 
the slightest amendment. ' ' 

12. The "G" in the Masonic Institution is the 
oldest Landmark the institution has and to take this 
away is to break Masonic Rule. It is un-Masonic and 
any Grand Lodge doing this is not only un-Masonic 
but becomes, by that very act, Spurious or Clandestine 
Masonry. This is Masonic Law. It cannot be broken.* 

13. It is an absolute rule that the Ritual must be 
used in all Initiation work. This is nothing new even 
among Craft Masonry. Says a member of the Bel- 
gium Lodge: "Our Lodge, called 'La Charite,' at 
Orient Charlevoi, is under obedience of the great 
Orient at Brussels, and has the Scottish Rite. No 



*"G M This letter is deservedly regarded as one of 
the most sacred of the Masonic emblems. Where it is 
used, however, as a symbol of Deity, it must be re- 

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Mason is supposed to know anything of the ritual by- 
heart. Questions and answers are read out, especially 
at initiation. The work of the Mason is supposed to 
be interior work in himself, before it can become ex- 
terior labor. So in order to obtain his degree he has 
to do some work of his own, and no one is supposed ta 
learn anything by heart, except words, signs and pass- 
words. Now I have to tell you that every Mason is 
supposed to do some literary work on general subjects 
concerning the welfare of man, human institutions, 
sociology, history, philosophy, philanthropy, etc., and 
it is such work that a young Mason is supposed to do. 
Then, after reading these papers, they are discussed 
by all the members of the Lodge present, perhaps for 
three or four meetings, until the subject seems to be 
exhausted. This develops, in the young Mason, his 
intelligence and his moral feeling. ' ' According to this 



membered that it is the Saxon representative of the 
Hebrew Yod and the Greek Taxi — the initial letters of 
the name of the Eternal in those Languages. This 
symbol proves that Freemasonry always prosecuted its 
labors with reference to the grand ideas of Infinity and 
Eternity. By the letter "G" — which conveys to the 
minds of the brethren, at the same time, the idea of 
God and that of Geometry — it bound heaven to earth, 
the Divine to the human, and the infinite to the finite. 
Masons are taught to regard the Universe as the 
grandest of all symbols, revealing to men, in all ages, 
the ideas which are eternally revolving in the mind of 
the Divinity, and which it is their duty to reproduce 
in their own lives and in the world of art and industry. 
Thus God and Geometry, the material worlds and the 
Spiritual spheres, were constantly united in the spec- 

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it is not forbidden in Craft Masonry to use the Rituals 
during labor and the Supreme lodge of Ancient 
and Oriental Mystic Masonry now makes it an abso- 
lute rule that All Lodges must use the Ritual during 
labor. There can be no exception to this rule. To dis- 
obey means the revocation of the Charter of such 
Lodge. 

14. Whosoever wishes to be admitted to the secrets, 
and afterwards to be initiated, must be a man of honor 
and of true spiritual power; he must already be of 
some learning in the Mysteries concerning initiation; 
for only those will be accepted who will be of service 
to the great work. It will be necessary that he shall 



ulations of the ancient Masons. They, consequently, 
labored earnestly and unweariedly, not only to con- 
struct cities, and embellish them with magnificent 
edifices, but also to build up a temple of great and 
Divine thoughts and of ever-growing virtues for the 
Soul to dwell in* The symbolical letter "G" — 

' ' That hieroglyphic bright, 

Which none but craftsmen ever saw," 
and before which every true Mason reverently un- 
covers, and bows his head — is a perpetual condemna- 
tion of profanity, impiety and vice. No brother who 
has bowed before that emblem can be profane. He 
will never speak the name of the Grand Master of the 
Universe but with reverence, respect and — Love, He 
will learn, by studying the Mystic meaning of the 
letter "G," to model his life after the Divine plan; 
and, thus instructed, he will strive to be like God in 
the activity and earnestness of his benevolence, and the 

*The true meaning of the Temple of Sol-om-on, 
called Solomon's Temple. 

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be a member of the M C E. . . , 

have taken the Obligation as a Brother and have his 
name enrolled among that Order. After this is done 
he can make application for Initiation into the Lodge. 

15. The Supreme Grand Master, or his Deputy, has 
Authority and Right, not only to be present in any 
true Lodge, but also to preside wherever he is, with 
the Master of the Lodge on his left hand, and to order 
the other Officers to do such duty as he may wish. 

16. The Master of a particular Lodge has the Right 
and Authority of congregating the Members of his 
Lodge into a Chapter at pleasure, upon any Emer- 
gency or Occurrence, as well as to appoint the time 
and place of their usual meeting. In case of the 



broadness and efficiency of his charity. "The letter 
'G' occupies a prominent position in several of the 
degrees in the American system ; is found in many of 
the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite ; 
in Adonhiramite Masonry; and, in fact, in every one 
of the many systems in which the people of the six- 
teenth and seventeenth century were so prolific in 
manufacturing. Wherever we find this recondite 
symbol in any of the Masonic rites, it has the same 
significance — a substitute for the Hebraic jod, the 
initial letter of the Divine name, and a monogram that 
expressed the Uncreated Being, Principal of ALL 
things; and inclosed in a Triangle, the unity of Ood. 
We recognize the same letter "G" in the Syriac Gad, 
the Swedish Gud, the German Gutt, and the English 
God — all names of the Deity and all derived from the 
Persian Goda, itself derived from the absolute pronoun 
signifying himself."* 

# Macoy and Oliver "History and Cyclopedia of 
Freemasonry. ' ' 

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sickness of the Master no Lodge can be opened. In 
the case of the death of the Master of any of the other 
Officers, the Deputy Grand Master will appoint a suc- 
cessor. 

17. The Master of each particular Lodge shall keep 
a Book containing their By-Laws, the Names of their 
Members, with a list of other Lodges in such state 
or country. A copy of the Secret Laws shall also be 
kept in such Lodge and each member must possess a 
copy of such Secret Laws. 

18. No man can be made or admitted a member of 
a particular Lodge, without previous notice one 
Month before given to the said Lodge, in order to 
make due inquiry into the reputation and capacity 
of the Candidate ; unless by Special Dispensation. No 
man can be admitted or made unless he first becomes 
a member of the 

19. "The candidate shall solemnly promise to sub- 
mit to the Constitutions, the Charges, Regulations, 
and such other Usages as shall be intimated to him 
in time and place convenient. 

20. No set or number of Brethren shall withdraw 
or separate themselves from the Lodge in which they 
were made Brethren, or were afterwards admitted 
Members, unless the Lodge becomes too numerous; 
nor even then, without a Dispensation from the Su- 
preme Grand Master; and when they are thus sepa- 
rated, they must either immediately join themselves 
to such other Lodge as they shall be ordered, or else 
they must obtain the Supreme Grand Master's war- 
rant to join in forming a new Lodge. 

21. If any number of Brethren shall take upon 

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themselves to form a Lodge without the Supreme 
Grand Master's Warrant, the regular Lodges are not 
to countenance them, nor own them as fair Brethren 
and duly formed, but treat them as Rebels. It will 
be impossible that this should happen for the reason 
that the Brethren can only reach the Supreme Grand 
Master through the Deputy and since not even the 
Masters of the Lodges can come into direct contact 
with the unknown Supreme Grand Master, and since 
no one but the candidate for the Highest Degrees can 
know the Supreme Grand Master, it will be impossible 
to form such clandestine Lodges, since their very 
support and source of Light would be totally cut off 
from them. Besides this, The Secret Code absolutely 
forbids this and under the Obligation that each 
Brother takes before he can be admitted to even the 
first degree of Mystic Masonry, he can never betray 
either a Brother or the Lodge to which he belongs, 
much less the Supreme Grand Lodge. 

22. If any Brother so far misbehaves himself as to 
render his Lodge uneasy, he shall be admonished by 
the Master in the formed Lodge; and if he will not 
refrain his Imprudence, and obediently submit to the 
advice of the Brethren, and reform what gives them 
Offense, he shall be dealt with according to the Sec- 
ret Rules, for the Lodge of Mystic Masonry combines 
both the Church and the Academy and the Brethren 
meet for instruction and worship, therefore, no in- 
harmony can be allowed to prevail. 

23. All Lodges are to observe the same Usages as 
much as possible, in order to do this, and for culti- 
vating a good understanding among Mystic Masons, 

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some members out of every Lodge shall be deputed to 
visit other Lodges as often as shall be thought con- 
venient and each Lodge, or several may combine, may 
form a College for secret instruction of its members. 

24. The Supreme Grand Lodge consists of the un- 
known Supreme Grand Master, the Supreme Grand 
Master, the Supreme Grand Deputy, the Grand Secre- 
tary, the Grand Deputies of the States and the Secret 
Teacher or Hierophants of the Higher Degrees. The 
Brethren who come into touch with the Hierophants 
are absolutely forbidden, as per their Obligation, to 
ever reveal the abiding place of any Hierophant. 

25. The Supreme Grand Master holds such posi- 
tion for life and selects his own Deputy, Secretary, 
Deputies and other Officers. He may resign and ap- 
point his successor and each new Supreme Grand 
Master has the authority to formulate his own Rules 
and Regulations with the exception of the Secret 
Rules. He can choose his own Seal and even change 
the name of the Order. He must, however, retain all 
Deputies who have proven proficient under former 
Supreme Grand Masters and he cannot, under any cir- 
cumstances, change the Grand Hierophants. He can- 
not change any of the degrees nor any of the Lodges. 
Each Supreme Grand Master must select his successor 
immediately after he takes charge of his office and 
such a one as he selects must be under his instructions 
for no less than ten years, unless, as it sometimes hap- 
pens, that the Supreme Grand Master meets with an 
untimely death. The one who then succeeds him in 
office cannot, under his Obligation, cause any inhar- 
mony in the Order. 

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26. The Supreme Grand Master issues all Dispen- 
sations and Warrants for Lodges throughout the 
known world. He shall keep a book, or appoint a Sec- 
retary to keep such book, wherein be recorded all the 
Lodges, with their usual times and places of meeting, 
and the names of all the members of each Lodge ; and 
all the affairs of the Supreme Grand Lodge that are 
proper to be written. Such books must be kept in the 
Secret Archives of the Order, together with all such 
other Secret Manuscripts and documents as may come 
into the possession of the Supreme Grand Body. 

27. The Supreme Grand Master CANNOT abuse 
his power, even with his almost unlimited authority, 
for the reason that the Grand Hierophants and the 
Great White Brotherhood are above him in authority 
and he is always held accountable to them for anything 
that he may do. 

28. A member leaving any of the Temples or guilty 
of breaking any of the Laws, or guilty of Contumacy, 
shall absolutely be forbidden to either become a mem- 
ber of any of the other Temples or to advance further 
in the work, nor shall he be permitted to enter any 
Temple or Lodge. This is ABSOLUTE Law and must 
not be broken under any circumstances. 

29. In countries, cities or states, in which there is 
no Master Mason Lodge, the First Temples may work 
as is done in any other Lodge. In such cities where 
there is a Temple of Princes of the House of Pharaoh 
and where there is a Master Mason Lodge under an- 
other Jurisdiction, then work shall be done in the 
Prince of the House of Pharaoh Degree. This Fra- 
ternity being RELIGIOUS and PEACE-MILITANT, 
shall avoid quarrels as much as possible and work in 
peace. 

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MOST SUPREME 

Grand Lodge of the Universe 

ANCIENT AND MYSTIC ORIENTAL MASONS 

(Title Reg. U. S. Pat. Office) 
Containing Rules and Regulations governing the Supreme Body 




DESIGN PATENT, No, 369,036. 



These Rules and Constitutions are absolutely binding on all Subordinate 
Lodges or Temples as well as upon the individual members. There can be 
no appeal therefrom in any manner. 

The Supreme Grand Master has it in his power to issue any necessary 
Edict and as such, it is absolute law. 



GRAND LODGE 



This Grand Lodge is to be known henceforth as 
"THE MOST SUPREME GRAND LODGE OP THE 
UNIVERSE, ANCIENT AND MYSTIC ORIENTAL 
MASONS." 

The Grand Lodge of the Universe claims concurrent 
jurisdiction over all matters of Ancient Mystic Ori- 
ental Masonry throughout the known world. 

The Grand Lodge consists of the Unknown Supreme 
Grand Master, the Supreme Grand Master, the Su- 
preme Grand Deputy, the Grand Secretary, the Grand 
Deputies of all Countries and the Secret Teachers or 
Hierophants of the Higher Degrees. 

The Grand Lodge thus organized should meet at 
least once a year, and this meeting is to be considered 
and denominated the Grand Annual Communication. 
This Annual Communication can only be called by the 
Supreme Grand Master and all questions to be con- 
sidered must first be placed into his hands for his con- 
sideration. 

No new Rules or Regulations may be enacted unless 
the Supreme Grand Master gives his consent thereto 
and even then such Rules and Regulations must not 
be contrary to the Ancient Rules of the Order. 

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No brother whatever can be admitted into this 
Grand Communication unless he is a member in good 
standing of some Lodge or Temple of ' ' Prince of the 
House of Pharoah," and not then unless by special 
permission of the Supreme Grand Master. 

A brother of the Third Temple having business, or 
whose attendance may be necessary in point of evi- 
dence or intelligence, or a brother of eminence, upon 
motion, or leave asked and obtained, may be admitted 
into the Grand Lodge; but such brother, being ad- 
mitted, shall not be allowed to vote, nor have a right to 
speak to any question or matter in debate, without 
leave, or unless desired to give his opinion, and then he 
must confine himself to the one matter only. 

No member of the Grand Lodge, no matter who he 
may be, shall attend the Grand Convocation unless 
clothed in the proper uniform and he shall also bring 
his Special gown with him in case he is ordered to 
wear it. There can be no exception to this. 

If the Supreme Grand Master is absent from the 
meeting, no meeting can be held, for the Grand Master 
must be in the chair. If any other Officer is not 
present the meeting can go on as though such member 
were present. 

In case of the death of the Supreme Grand Master, 
the one who he had appointed shall take his place 
without any ceremony or Special Meeting. There can 
be no appeal from this and the Fraternity in general 
must recognize such Supreme Leader. 

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PARTICULAR BUSINESS. 

The business of the Grand Lodge at their stated 
Convocation is to seriously consider and transact all 
business and settle all matters that concern the Pros- 
perity and welfare of the whole Fraternity, including 
the First, Second, Third Temple and Chapter under 
this Jurisdiction, although the Supreme Grand Master 
might personally see to this and can do so if he so de- 
sires. 

It is more especially the duty of the Supreme Grand 
Lodge in Grand Convocation to consider the welfare of 
private Lodges and single brothers in particular. 
Here, therefore, are all differences to be seriously 
considered and decided, that cannot be made up and 
accommodated privately and decided to the general 
benefit of the Whole Fraternity, such ruling, however, 
to be in strict accord with the Rulings of Third 
Temple. 

If any brother thinks himself aggrieved by the de- 
cision of any private Lodge or Temple, he may, by 
lodging an appeal in writing with the Grand Secretary 
(who must summon all the parties and their witnesses 
to appear at the next ensuing Grand Communication), 
have the matter rehearsed and finally determined up- 
on, and the Grand Lodge may adjourn from day to 
day, until the business is finished. And the Supreme 
Grand Master, when the Lodge is regularly opened, 
shall communicate to the other Grand Officers the 
nature of whatever business is to come before them, 
and for the sake of admitting witnesses it is esteemed 
to try all matters of controversy in a committee of the 

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Lodge; and in order thereto, the Supreme Grand 
Master shall direct a committee of the whole Lodge to 
meet in Lodge room on the succeeding day for the 
aforesaid purposes, who shall examine and determine 
upon all and every kind of business that may be re- 
referred to them, and make a report of their proceed- 
ings to the Grand Lodge on the same day of their 
ratifications. 

In hearing all complaints and punishing delin- 
quents, according to the laws of the old Fraternity, 
they are instructed to adhere most strictly to the old 
Hebrew regulations, viz.: "If a complaint be made 
against a brother, and he be found guilty, he shall 
stand to the determination of the Lodge; but if the 
accuser or complainant cannot support his charges, 
and it should appear to the Lodge to be groundless, 
being the result of hatred, malice or some unwarrant- 
able passion, he shall incur such penalty as the accused 
would have done had he been duly convicted." In 
either case, there can be no appeal from the verdict of 
the Supreme Grand Lodge and such matter cannot and 
shall not be taken into any Law Court and the mem- 
bers of the Fraternity must strictly obey their Temple 
Obligation or be convicted of perjury. This is abso- 
lute law. 

All matters of controversy before the Supreme 
Grand Lodge shall be determined fey a majority of 
votes ; that is to say, the Supreme Grand Master having 
one vote (unless in case of an equal division, and then 
two) ; the Supreme Deputy one vote; the Other Depu- 
ties one vote; the Grand Secretary one vote; and the 
Grand Hierophants, if present, one vote each. 

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PAETICULAR REGULATIONS. 

The Grand Master holds such position for life. See 
Rules and Regulations of the Third Temple. 

He selects his own Supreme Grand Reputy, the 
Grand Deputies of each Country, the Deputies of 
States, the Grand Secretary and the Grand Hiero- 
phants, which must be confirmed by the Grand Order 
of the Eleventh Degree. 

Whenever an application is made to the Supreme 
Grand Lodge for a Charter by a sufficient number of 
brethren, the Grand Master only shall grant such 
Charter. This covers the First, Second and Third 
Temples and the Chapter. No one can have authority 
to grant such Charter except the Supreme Grand 
Master. It is his duty to know whether the brothers 
who petition for such Charter are men w r orthy and to 
be trusted. 

The Charter of the First Temple shall only be 
granted to such brethren in order that they may pre- 
pare men for the Second Temple and such Brethren 
shall not work in such First Temple except to prepare 
men for the Second and Third Temples. All business 
is to be done in the Second Temple or Degree of 
"Princes of the House of Pharaoh." In Cities where 
there are a sufficient number of Master Masons, the 
Grand Lodge shall not grant Charter for the First 
Temple. Provided, that a sufficient number of such 
Master Masons can be obtained to form such Second 
Temple. 

When a Lodge or Temple becomes too numerous for 
working together, and application is made by some of 
the members for leave to separate, and form a new 

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Lodge or Temple, the cause of their separation should 
be certified by the Lodge from whence they wish to 
separate, to the Supreme Grand Master, at the same 
time recommending the most proper and fitting 
brethren as officers of the new Lodge or Temple, be- 
fore a Charter shall issue. 

Every Charter issued from the Grand Lodge, 
whether for the First, Second or Third Temple, or 
Chapter, it shall be signed by the Grand Master, sealed 
with the seal of the Supreme Grand Lodge and di- 
rected to three reputable brethren, authorizing them to 
call in other brethren to assistance and give these 
three worthy brethren full power to do all work in 
their respective temple or lodge and to. appoint such 
other brethren as officers as may be required, agree- 
ably to ancient customs and usages, the fee shall be 
regulated for such Charter by the Grand Master, and 
such fee shall be used for the purposes that such fees 
are usually used for. 

Each person admitted to any degree in the Grand 
Lodge shall pay a stated fee and the Grand Lodge re- 
serves the right to have him made a member of any 
Lodge or Temple thereafter. 

Each Lodge or Temple on record shall annually, on 
the 25th day of November, pay to the Grand Treasurer 
for the time being, as a proper support to the Grand 
Lodge, the sum of $1.00 for each and every member 
belonging to such Lodge or Temple and the same rules 
govern the Chapters. 

Each Lodge or Temple, no matter in what degree, 
shall also pay to the Grand Treasurer for the time 
being, as a support to the Grand Lodge, 20 per eent. 

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of the initiation fee for every Application accepted. 
This rule includes the First, Second and Third 
Temple and the Chapter. Failure to do this shall re- 
sult in forfeiture of Charter and all Charter rights. 
Keturns shall be made every three months to the 
Grand Secretary or Grand Master. 

The several Lodges or Temples, as well as the 
Chapters, shall transmit to the Grand Lodge annually, 
on or before the 25th of November, a list of all the 
officers and members composing each such Lodge or 
Temple and Chapter, distinguishing their rank and 
degree, together with such other matters relating to 
the Fraternity in general, as may be deemed proper to 
communicate, and that the said list be recorded by the 
Grand Secretary in a book to be set apart for that 
purpose, to the end that the Grand Lodge may at all 
times know the number of laborers engaged in the 
Sublime work. 

Every brother of the rank of Prince of the House of 
Pharaoh receives a certificate of such membership 
without any fee whatever, but he may, if he deems his 
Lodge or Temple W^rth^, give such an amount as he 
deems proper so that his Lodge or Temple may have 
the wherewith to do the work properly. 

THE GRAND MASTER. 

The Supreme Grand Master holds such position for 
life and selects his own Deputy, his Own Deputies for 
the several countries and states, the Secretary and 
Treasurer. 

He may resign and appoint his successor and each 
new Supreme Grand Master has the authority to 

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formulate his own Rules and Regulations, provided 
that such Rules and Regulations shall never be con- 
trary to those in usage at the present time. He shall 
never, under any circumstances change the Secret 
Rules. 

He can choose his own Seal and even change the 
name of the Order if he deems it necessary. 

He must retain all the Deputies who have proven 
proficient and faithful under the former Supreme 
Grand Master and he cannot, under any circum- 
stances, change the Grand Hierophants. 

He cannot change any of the degrees nor any of the 
Lodges or Temples. Each Supreme Grand Master 
must select his successor immediately after he takes 
charge of his office and such a one as he selects must 
be under his instructions for no less than ten years, 
unless, as it sometimes happens, that the Supreme 
Grand Master meets with an untimely death, in which 
case the one selected by him shall take his position, but 
shall be very careful not to cause any inharmony. 

The Supreme Grand Master has power: 

1. To convene any Lodge or Temple within his juris- 
diction, preside therein, inspect its proceedings, and 
require its conformity to Ancient Usages and accord- 
ing to the Rules and Regulations herein contained. 

2. He has the inherent power to convene such 
brethren as he chooses into a Lodge of Emergency, 
open it in regular order, and perform such duties, in- 
cluding Initiations, as he may see fit. ^ ; 

3. To require the attendance of, and any informa- 
tion from, any Officer or Grand Officer. 
ji%li,? us P end an y 0fficer of a Lod S e > Temple, or 

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Chapter from the functions of his office for just cause, 
and such officer may not visit such Lodge or Temple 
for the time being. 

5. To suspend the Charter of any Lodge or Temple 
or any Chapter for just cause, and such Suspension 
shall stand until such cause is removed. 

6. In case of vacancies in the offices of any Lodge or 
Temple or Chapter, to grant Dispensation for the 
election of new Officers. 

7. To grant Charter for a new Lodge or Temple and 
for new Chapters, according to these Constitutions. 

8. To do all such other things as are inherent in and 
pertain to his office and the Mystic Oriental Rite and 
which do not conflict with these Constitutions. 

9. The Supreme Grand Master has the inherent 
power to issue Edkts to the subordinate Lodges or 
Temples and to the Chapters by his own authority, 
and such Edicts have the force of Mystic Oriental 
Masonic Law. 

It shall be the duty of the Supreme Grand Master: 

1. To preside in the Supreme Grand Lodge. 

2. To exercise all the executive functions of the 
Supreme Grand Lodge when it is not in session. 

3. To appoint a Brother of the Highest Degree and 
prepare him as the future Grand Master. 

THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 

The Deputy Grand Master chosen by the Supreme 
Grand Master, shall have power to discharge such 
Executive functions of the Grand Lodge as may be 
delegated to him by the Grand Master, and such 

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duties as may be imposed by this Constitution and no 
other. 

THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS OF FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES. 

The duties of the Deputy Grand Masters of all 
foreign countries shall have the same powers and 
duties as the Supreme Deputy Grand Master. 

It shall also be their duty, in addition, to see that all 
required papers be filled with their powers and they 
are held responsible for this. 

It shall be their duty to see that nothing is done that 
is contrary to the Laws of their Country. 

It shall be their duty to look after the Lodges or 
Temples in their Country and to act in regard to such 
Lodges as does the Supreme Grand Master in the 
country in which he resides. 

Such Deputies shall look after the welfare of the 
Fraternity and shall make full Quarterly reports 
directly to the Supreme Grand Master. 

Such Deputies shall not have authority to issue either 
Dispensations or Charters, but must petition the Su- 
preme Grand Lodge whenever such Dispensation or 
Charter is desired. 

All Deputies of all Foreign Countries shall be mem- 
bers of the M. E. C. and hold certificates to show that 
they do belong to such order. 

They shall be required to do such additional acts 
and duties as are required from them by the Secret 
Code. 

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THE SUPREME GRAND SECRETARY. 

The office of Supreme Grand Secretary is one of 
great importance in the Grand Lodge, from the multi- 
plicity of matters committed to his care, and from the 
abilities and learning requisite in the management of 
them. 

It shall be the duty of the Supreme Grand Secre- 
tary: 

1. To record the transactions of the Supreme Grand 
Lodge in all matters of the First, Second and Third 
Temples and the Chapters. 

2. To register all initiates and affiliates of Lodges or 
Temples under the Mystic Masonic Jurisdiction re- 
turned to him for that purpose, with the particulars 
set forth in such returns. 

3. To receive, duly file and safely keep all papers 
and documents not held by the Supreme Grand 
Master. 

4. To receive and keep a proper account of all 
moneys of the Supreme Grand Lodge, with date of 
their receipts, and pay over the same promptly to the 
Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. 

5. To report annually to the Supreme Grand Lodge 
the amount of moneys received by him, by items and 
dates, and the specific sources from which it was re- 
ceived ; also the Lodges or Temples and Chapters that 
have neglected to render proper reports and returns, 
and such general information as to the State of the 
Lodges as may be proper for the information or action 
of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 

6. To conduct the correspondence of the Supreme 

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Grand Lodge, under the direction of the Supreme 
Grand Master. 

7. To attend, with any books, papers, writings, etc., 
under his control, or in his custody, all meetings of the 
Grand Lodge, and also to attend upon the Grand 
Master, on all business connected with the Fraternity. 

8. To furnish each Deputy Grand Master with a 
list of all Lodges or Temples, and Chapters in his 
District. 

9. To keep an alphabetical register of all rejections 
officially reported to him from Lodges or Temples and 
Chapters, specifying the date of such rejections, the 
age, occupation, nativity and residence of the person 
rejected, together with the names and number of the 
Lodge or Temple, or Chapter from which received, and 
at all proper times to furnish all free inspection of the 
said register to all members of the Second Temple in 
good standing. 

He must keep an extra book to record all the above 
for each foreign country and by foreign countries is 
meant all such countries except that in which he re- 
sides. 

THE GBAND SECRETARIES OF FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES. 

The Duties of all Grand Secretaries of all foreign 
countries in which there are Lodges or Temples and 
Chapters under this Jurisdiction are the same as that 
of the Supreme Grand Secretary with the addition 
that they must keep two such records and send in to 
the Supreme Grand Master, every three months, a 
copy of such record and such record must be complete 

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in all its details. Failure to promptly attend to such 
duties will be ample cause for the revocation of such 
Secretary's commission and the appointment of an- 
other. 

The Grand Secretaries of all foreign countries must 
be members of the M. C. E. and hold certificates of 
membership. 

THE SUPREME GRAND TREASURER. 

The Grand Treasurer, or his Assistant, shall always 
be present in the Grand Lodge, and ready to attend 
the Grand Master and other Grand Officers with his 
books for inspection when required, but such inspec- 
tion shall only be had by the orders of the Supreme 
Grand Master. 

It shall be the duty of the Supreme Grand 
Treasurer : 

1. To take charge of all the funds, securities and 
vouchers of the Grand Lodge, depositing the funds 
and securities in the name of the Supreme Grand 
Lodge, payable on his order as Grand Treasurer, in 
some depository approved by the Grand Master or in 
the Secret Archives. 

2. To pay all orders duly drawn under the laws or 
special direction of the Grand Lodge, and certified to 
by the Grand Secretary. 

3. To attend upon the Grand Lodge or its Grand 
Master, when required, with the books and all docu- 
ments relating to his office ; and, when required, upon 
the meeting of any committee whose duty it may be to 
act in relation to the fiscal concerns of the Supreme 
Grand Lodge. 

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4. To report annually to the Grand Lodge the 
amount of his receipts and expenditures by items, and 
from whom and where received, and to whom and 
where paid. 

5. To execute and file with the Grand Master an 
official bond, with securities, in an amount to be ap- 
proved by the Grand Master, at the commencement of 
each year, conditioned that he will pay to the Grand 
Lodge, or to its successor in office, all funds and 
property of the Grand Lodge that shall come to his 
hands as Grand Treasurer and remain un-expended. 

ADDITIONAL DUTIES. 

It shall be the duty of the several Officers of the 
Grand Lodge, in addition to the duties herein speci- 
ally mentioned, to perform such other duties as shall 
be prescribed by the Grand Master, under the pro- 
visions of this Constitution. 

When such duty is imposed, its neglect or violation, 
without excuse, shall be considered an offense against 
the Fraternity. 

REGALIA 

All regalia, cus tomes, jewels, etc., used by the 
Supreme Grand Lodge in either the First, Second or 
Third Temple, or in the Chapter shall be in the cus- 
tody of the Supreme Grand Master and none other 
and shall be placed and guarded by him as he thinks 
proper. 



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DOCUMENTS 



., Sen. War. 
., Jun. War- 



WARRANT-FIRST TEMPLE 

Most Supreme Grand Lodge of the Universe, Ancient and Mystic Oriental Masons. 
(FIRST TEMPLE) 

To all to Whom These Presents May Come, Greeting: 

Supreme Grand Master 

_ Supreme Grand Deputy 

Supreme Grand Secretary 

The Most Supreme Grand Lodge of the Universe, Supreme over the First 
Second and Third Temple and over the Chapter, assembled in the Grand 
Convocation in the Great East, Send Love. 

KNOW YE, That we the Supreme Grand Lodge of the Universe, do 
hereby authorize and empower our tried and worthy Brothers. 
DEGREES- 

Apprentice. , M 

(Entered Apprentice) 

Companion. 
(Fellow Craft) 

Master. 
(Master Mason) 
To open and hold a Lodge or Temple of Masters (Master Masons) , at 

, in , to 

be known and distinguished by the name or style of 

and No and therein Enter, Pass and Raise Freemasons, 

according- to the Ancient landmarks, Constitution and usages of our 
August Fraternity, and NOT in any other wise. 
And we further authorize and empower our said Tried and Worthy 

Brothers, _ ._ _ 

to open and hold under the Jurisdiction of the said Most Supreme Grand 
Lodge of the Universe, A. and M. O. M. Temples or Lodges, and confer the 
degrees of Master, Companion and Apprentice, according to the Ancient 
Landmarks, present Regulations and Secret Rules and NOT otherwise. 

And further, the said Master and Warden, and their successors in office, 
are hereby respectively authorized and directed, by and with the consent 
and assistance of a majority of the members of the said Lodge or Temple 
duly to be summoned and present upon such occasions, to elect and install 
the officers of the said Lodge as vacancies happen, in manner and form as 
is, or may be, prescribed by the Constitutions of THIS Supreme Grand 
Lodge. 

And further, the said Lodge or Temple is hereby invested with full power 
and authority to assemble upon proper and lawful occasions, to make 
Mystic Masons, and to admit members, as also to do and perform all and 
every act and thing pertaining to the Fraternity as have been and ought to 
be done, for the honor and advantage thereof, conforming in all their pro- 
ceedings to the Constitutions of the Most Supreme Grand Lodge, other- 
wise this Warrant, and the powers hereby granted, do cease and be of no 
further effect. 

Given under the seal of the Most Supreme Grand 
Lodge in the Great East, and signed by the 

Supreme Grand Master, this day of 

__ , in the year of our Lord, 190 , and of 

Atlantis 5011. 

Supreme Grand Master 
Registered in the Book of the Grand Lodge, Page 10. 

copyrighted 

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WARRANT— SECOND TEMPLE 

Most Supreme Grand Lodge Of the Universe, Ancient and Mystic Oriental Masons 
(SECOND TEMPLE) 
To all to whom these Presents May Come, GREETING: 

The Most Supreme Grand I/)dge of the Universe, Supreme over the First, 
Second and Third Temple and over the Chapter, Assembled in Grand Con- 
vocation in the Great East. Send I^ove. 

KNOW YE, That we, the Supreme Grand I,odge of the Universe, do 
hereby authorize and empower our friend and beloved Princes: 

DEGREES f -, Solomn, King of Isrea! 

4th Grand Master J _ Hiram, King of Tyre 

of the 
Secret Manuscript [ , Zadok, High Priest 

5th King's Pioneer 

^t. ™ 4... * +u~ Ameni, Excellent Priest 

6th Master of the 

Secret Cavern < Singer 

7 th Prince of the 

House of Pharoah [ _ __ , HorosGopus 

To open and hold a I*odge or Temple of Princes of the House of Pharoah, 
at , in __ 

to be known and designated on our Secret Record as Temple or I^odge 

, No. , and thereon to cause 

candidates to accept the mission of a grand Master of the Secret Manu- 
script, Travel in company of the Kings Pioneer, be invested with the 
Mysteries of a Grand Master of the Secret Cavern, and at last be honored by 
being admitted and received as a Prince of the House of Pharoah, according 
to the Ancient Landmarks and usages of our August Fraternity, and NOT 
in any otherwise. 
And we further authorize and empower our said Tried and Beloved 

Princes _._, ___ _ , and 

to open and hold under the Jurisdiction 

of the Said Most Supreme Grand I^odge of the Universe, A. and M. O. M. 
Temples or lodges, and confer the degrees of Grand Master of the Secret 
Manuscript, the Kings Pioneer, Master of the Secret Cavern, and Prince of 
the House of Pharoah, according to the Ancient landmarks, present Regu- 
lations and Secret Rules and NOT otherwise. 

And further, the said Temple or I,odge is hereby invested with full power 
and authority to assemble upon proper and lawful occasions, to make 
Mystic Oriental Masons, and to admit members, as also to do and perform 
all and every such acts and things appertaining to the Fraternity as have 
been and ought to be done, for the honor and advantage thereof, conform- 
ing in all their proceedings to the Constitution of the Most Supreme Grand 
Iyodge; otherwise this WARRANT, and the powers hereby granted, to 
cease and be of no further effect. 

Given in Grand Convocation, under the hands of the 
Supreme Grand Master, and the Seal of our 

Grand Iyodge at the Great East, this day 

of _.- in the year of Atlantis ._ 

__andof our I^ord 19 



Supreme Grand Master 
Count _M. de _ST._VINCENT ___ 

Past Supreme Grand Master 
Copyrighted 



APPLICATION FOR INITIATION AND MEMBERSHIP 

To the Excellent Priest, Singer and Horoscopus of 

.. — Iyodge of Temple, No 

The Grand Lodge of the Universe, Aneient and Mystic Oriental Masons 

Title Reg. in every civilized country 

The undersigned respectfully prays that he may be initiated into the 
mysteries of 

MYSTIC MASONRY 

and become a member of your Lodge or Temple. He swears that he is free 
by birth, unbiased by the improper solicitation of friends, and uninfluenced 
by monetary or other improper motives; that he is prompted solely by a 
favorable opinion of the Fraternity, and a desire for True Knowledge con- 
cerning - God and man, and freely and voluntary offers himself as a candi- 
date, He declares his belief in the existence of God the Father and the 
Universal Brotherhood of Man; and he has not heretofore been rejected by 
any Masonic Order, and if his application be approved, he will cheerfully 
conform to the ancient usages, present Regulations and the Constitutions 
of the Fraternity, and further, that he will not mention to any being that 
he has applied in the above Fraternity for initiation and membership and 
that should he do so he forfeits his right to become initiated and a member 
and further forfeits all money he may have paid. 

Witness my hand this... day of A. D., 190.. 

Recommended by 



Age 

Residence _. 
Occupation . 



REPORT 



To the Excellent Priest, Singer and Horoscopus of — Lodge 

or Temple, No A. and M. O. M. 

The Committee appointed on the within application to make the neces 

sary inquiries relative to , an 

application for initiation and membership, have performed that duty, and 

beg leave to report ^ the prayer 

of the petition being granted. 



Committee- 



_A. D., 190... Atlantis 5011.... Balloted for 



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TEMPLE OBLIGATION 

I , of my own free 

will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God and 
my brethren, most solemnly and sincerely promise and 
swear, that I will not communicate any of the secrets 
belonging to this Temple to anyone, except it be a 
true and lawful brother, and not to him, until by 
strict trial and due examination or legal information, 
I shall have found him as lawfully entitled to the same 
as I myself. 

I further promise and swear that I will stand to and 
abide by all the laws, rules and regulations of the 
Grand Temple, so far as they shall come to my 
knowledge. 

I further promise and swear, that I will answer and 
obey all signs and summons sent to me from the 
Order or handed to me by a Brother of the Temple, 
and carry out such orders to the best of my ability. 

I further promise and swear, that I will not under 
any conditions, reveal either a mark or sign, or reveal 
any of the secrets which may be taught me or come 
into my possession. I shall sooner court death than 
reveal any secret instructions that my be intrusted to 
my care. 

I further promise and swear, that I will not reveal 
any of the things that take place in the Temple or 

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a Temple meeting; that I will not reveal who is or 
is not connected therewith, and that I will not bear 
witness against any of the Temple Brothers no more 
than he can bear witness against me. I promise and 
swear, that I will treat all Brothers of this Temple 
with absolute honesty in all respects; that I will never 
reveal a secret intrusted by him to me unless it con- 
cerns the Temple or the Temple work and that should 
I treat a Brother dishonestly; should I reveal any of 
the work or the things that take place in the Temple 
or Temple meetings, I may be expelled without trial 
and never again become a member of said Temple. 

Should I, at any time, leave the Temple, or be ex- 
pelled therefrom, I swear, by my Soul and all that is 
terrible, that I will then, as now, hold all such teach- 
ings as secret, and will never by mouth or writing, 
betray them or any Brother. 

All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and 
swear, with a firm and steadfast resolution to perform 
the same, without any hesitation, mental reservation, 
or secret evasion of mind whatever; binding myself 
under no less a penalty than that of the times, which 
is death. 

So help me God and keep me steadfast in the due 
performance of the same. Amen. 



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